Sensors
Browse our extensive range of sensor modules and breakout boards, covering temperature, distance, motion, touch, liquid level, radar, infrared, and more. Whether you're building with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or your own custom PCB, you'll find the right sensor for your project.
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Dual Gas CO and CH4 Detection Sensor - MQ-9B
SKU: SF-SEN-17050 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-9B is a CO and CH₄ gas detection sensor form Winsen. The sensing material of the MQ-9B is SnO2, which has a low conductivity in clean air. It detects carbon monoxide (1.5V) by method of cycling high and low tem...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Smoke Sensor - MQ-2
SKU: SF-SEN-17049 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-2 is a smoke and combustible gas sensor manufactured by Winsen. It detects flammable gases and smoke in a concentration range of 300–10,000 ppm, with particularly high sensitivity to propane and smoke. It's wid...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Sensor - MQ-136
SKU: SF-SEN-17052 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-136 is a Hydrogen Sulfide detection sensor with a sensing range of 1 - 200ppm. The sensing element is SnO2, which has lower conductivity in clean air. When H₂S gas exists, the sensor’s conductivity gets higher ...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Ammonia Gas Sensor - MQ-137
SKU: SF-SEN-17053 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-137 is an ammonia (NH3) gas sensor from Winsen, designed to detect ammonia concentrations in the air. The sensing element is tin dioxide (SnO2), which has lower conductivity in clean air and increases in conduc...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
8421 Encoder - Horizontal
SKU: DF-DFR0722 | Brand: DFRobot
The 8421 Encoder (Horizontal) is an absolute position encoder with 16 positions (0–F) using BCD/8421 encoding. Unlike incremental encoders or potentiometers, the mechanical position directly determines the output code...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
8421 Encoder-Vertical
SKU: DF-DFR0721 | Brand: DFRobot
The 8421 Encoder (Vertical) is an absolute position encoder with 16 positions (0–F) using BCD/8421 encoding. Unlike incremental encoders or potentiometers, the mechanical position directly determines the output code —...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
TFMini-S - Micro LiDAR Module
SKU: SF-SEN-16977 | Brand: SparkFun
The TFMini-S Micro LiDAR Module is a ToF (Time of Flight) LiDAR sensor capable of measuring the distance to an object as close as 10 centimeters (+/- 6cm up to 6m) and as far as 12 meters (+/-1% starting at 6m)! As wi...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Octopus MG811 CO2 Gas Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04100 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus MG811 CO2 Gas Sensor is a CO2 electronic brick in our OCTOPUS series, the basic design for the outlook, PCB fixing holes and connections are the same with them.The higher the CO2 concentration is, the lower th...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Octopus BME280 Pressure Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04087 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus BME280 Pressure Sensor is an electric brick, which has integrated temperature sensor, air pressure sensor and humidity sensor onboard. We can use it to measure humidity, temperature and air pressure, or eve...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Octopus PM2.5 module
SKU: EF-EF04090 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The Octopus PM2.5 module from ElecFreaks is a laser-based particulate matter sensor built around the ZH03B dust sensor. It measures PM2.5 concentration in the air with high consistency and real-time response, capable ...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Octopus Analog Rotation Brick-Blue
SKU: EF-EF04085 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus analog rotation brick is a 10K potentiometer module. Rotating the knob to change its resistance can realize voltage division while providing analog signals to the analog input IO ports of micro-controller. ...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Octopus Gesture Sensor Brick
SKU: EF-EF04078 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus Gesture Sensor is PAJ7620U2 that integrates gesture recognition function with general I2C interface into a single chip. It can recognize 9 gestures including move up, move down, move left, move right, et...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
TOF Sense Laser Range Sensor (5m)
SKU: DF-SEN0337 | Brand: DFRobot
TOF Sense is a TOF-based (Time of Flight) laser ranging sensor that offers 1cm-5m detection range, 1mm resolution, ± 1.5cm error, and 10Hz data update frequency. The sensor supports 15 ° ~ 27 ° adjustable FOV, UART an...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Infrared Photoelectric Switch
SKU: DF-SEN0347 | Brand: DFRobot
This infrared photoelectric switch consists of a transmitter and receiver pair that detects objects at distances up to 1.5 m with a response time under 1 ms. The infrared beam provides stable detection regardless of a...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Octopus LM35 Analog Temperature Brick
SKU: EF-EF04070 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The Octopus LM35 Analog Temperature Brick is a plug-and-play temperature sensor module based on the TI LM35D precision centigrade temperature sensor. The LM35 outputs a voltage linearly proportional to temperature (10...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
OCTOPUS Magnetic Switch
SKU: EF-EF04075 | Brand: ElecFreaks
OCTOPUS Magnetic Switch is a kind of electric brick carrying magnetic switch and compatible with OCTOPUS series. It mainly consists of WBSF12 dry reed switch. WBSF12 is a dry reed tube with frequently open contact ...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
F1031V Mass Air Flow Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0360 | Brand: DFRobot
F1031V Mass Air Flow Sensor adopts thermodynamic principle to detect flow rate of gas medium in the flow channel, with high precision and good repeatability. It comes with built-in temperature sensor to provide temper...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Gravity: IIC Ozone Sensor (0-10ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0321 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity IIC Ozone Sensor measures ozone (O₃) concentration from 0 to 10 ppm with 10 ppb resolution using an electrochemical sensing element. Factory-calibrated for accurate readings out of the box, it connects via...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
URM12 Ultrasonic Sensor(1500cm RS485)
SKU: DF-SEN0310 | Brand: DFRobot
The URM12 is a long-range ultrasonic distance sensor from DFRobot, designed for distance measurement and obstacle avoidance applications. With a detection range of 70–1500 cm, RS485 communication interface, and standa...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit TMP235 - Plug-and-Play STEMMA Analog Temperature Sensor - TMP235
SKU: AF-4686 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit TMP235 is a plug-and-play analog temperature sensor with a 3-pin JST PH (STEMMA) connector. Unlike I2C sensors, this one outputs a simple analog voltage proportional to temperature — just connect it to an...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
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