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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DIY Sensor Film Kit - 4x6 Small Kit
SKU: AF-1917 | Brand: Adafruit
The Sensor Film Kit is a great new way to make custom-sized sensors out of force sensitive material. This kit includes one piece of black plastic sensor film (it's thicker and more durable than Velostat but simi...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
RPLIDAR A2 - 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit
SKU: DF-DFR0445 | Brand: DFRobot
RPLIDAR A2 is the next generation low cost 360 degree 2D laser scanner (LIDAR) solution developed by SLAMTEC. It can take up to 4000 samples of laser ranging per second with high rotation speed. And equipped with S...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
SparkFun RedBot Sensor - Accelerometer
SKU: SF-SEN-12589 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun RedBot Accelerometer is an add-on sensor that provides bump and motion detection for the RedBot platform. It measures acceleration forces on the X, Y, and Z axes using the MMA8452Q triple-axis acceleromet...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Gravity: Analog High Temperature Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0198 | Brand: DFRobot
What sensor should you use when you need to measure temperature? Most people will think of a DS18B20 temperature sensor first, but this sensor is only capable of measuring temperatures up to 125C. In order to me...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
ALS-PT19 Light Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-12566 | Brand: SparkFun
The ALS-PT19 is a compact SMD ambient light sensor, significantly smaller than standard through-hole alternatives like the TEMT6000. Functioning as an NPN phototransistor, it provides an analogue voltage output propor...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Adafruit Triple-Axis Accelerometer - ±2/4/8g @ 14-bit - MMA8451
SKU: AF-2019 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MMA8451 is a high-precision triple-axis accelerometer with a built-in 14-bit ADC, offering selectable measurement ranges of ±2g, ±4g, and ±8g. Designed by Freescale (now NXP), this sensor detects motion, ...
Delivered by Mon 20 Jul
URM04 Ultrasonic Sensor (RS485)
SKU: DF-SEN0002 | Brand: DFRobot
The URM04 Ultrasonic sensor is developed based upon our popular URM37 ultrasonic sensor, it is using RS485 interface which allows multiple sensors to be used simultaneously . The RS485 interface allows a number of...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
3D Gesture Sensor (Mini) For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0202 | Brand: DFRobot
The DFRobot 3D Gesture Sensor (Mini) integrates 3D gesture recognition and motion tracking using Microchip's patented GestIC near-field sensing technology. It can detect clockwise and counterclockwise rotation, direct...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Gravity: 9 Pcs Sensor Set for Arduino
SKU: DF-DFR0018 | Brand: DFRobot
This is DFRobot's basic sensor set for arduino. Set includes light sensor, touch sensor, temperature sensor, magnetic sensor, vibration sensor, tilt sensor, big button, LED lighting module and Grayscale sensor. ...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Optical Dust Sensor - GP2Y1010AU0F
SKU: SF-COM-09689 | Brand: SparkFun
Sharp’s GP2Y1010AU0F is an optical air quality sensor, designed to sense dust particles. An infrared emitting diode and a phototransistor are diagonally arranged into this device, to allow it to detect the reflecte...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Barometric Pressure Sensor - MPL115A1
SKU: SF-SEN-09602 | Brand: SparkFun
The MPL115A1 is a digital barometer that uses MEMs technology to give accurate pressure measurements between 50kPa and 115kPa. We stock the SPI interface version of the sensor. Average current consumption is 10µA at o...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Gravity: 360 Degree Hall Angle Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0221 | Brand: DFRobot
The Hall Angle Sensor is a miniature 360 degree sensor which works based on the principle of the Hall effect. It is compatible with the DFRobot Gravity sensor interface, and works with a 5V DC power supply. The ...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Gravity:Analog Rotation Sensor V2 For Arduino
SKU: DF-DFR0058 | Brand: DFRobot
This Arduino Rotation Potentimeter Sensor is a multi-ring rotation sensor. It is based on multi-turn precision potentiometer. It can rotate upto 10 laps. The voltage can be subdivided into 1024 copies. This sens...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Gravity: 80cm Arduino Infrared Proximity Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0019 | Brand: DFRobot
This is an Arduino infrared distance sensor. It has an adjustable detection range, 3cm - 80cm. It is small, easy to use, assemble, and inexpensive. Useful for robotics, interactive media, industrial assembly line,...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Gravity: Digital Vibration Sensor
SKU: DF-DFR0027 | Brand: DFRobot
What's the simplest way to check vibration with Arduino? Use a vibration sensor from DFRobot. You can directly plug it on our IO Expesion Shield V7. Just vibrate this sensor, Arduino can receive a digital signal. It'...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Gravity: Formaldehyde (HCHO) Sensor (Arduino Raspberry Pi Compatible)
SKU: DF-SEN0231 | Brand: DFRobot
The Formaldehyde (HCHO) sensor is an Arduino & Raspberry Pi compatible module, which is the ideal solution for indoor air quality monitor. This is a HCHO(CH2O) sensor module. It can be used to measure HCHO in a...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
SRF08 Ultrasonic Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0007 | Brand: DFRobot
The SRF08 is an evolutionary step up from the SRF04. It requires less power to operate, has a longer range (up to 6m) and it performs its own internal timing of the return echo. The SRF08 is also fitted with an LDR...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
Adafruit AMG8833 IR Thermal Camera Breakout
SKU: AF-3538 | Brand: Adafruit
Add heat-vision to your project with the Adafruit AMG8833 Grid-EYE Breakout. This sensor from Panasonic contains an 8×8 array of infrared thermal sensors that returns 64 individual temperature readings over I2C — like...
Delivered by Mon 20 Jul
Carbon Monoxide Sensor - MQ-7
SKU: SF-SEN-09403 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple-to-use Carbon Monoxide (CO) sensor, suitable for sensing CO concentrations in the air. The MQ-7 can detect CO-gas concentrations anywhere from 20 to 2000ppm. This sensor has a high sensitivity and f...
Delivered by Thu 9 Jul
INA219 High Side DC Current Sensor Breakout - 26V ±3.2A Max
SKU: AF-904 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board will solve all your power-monitoring problems. Instead of struggling with two multimeters, you can just use the handy INA219B chip on this breakout to both measure both the high side voltage and DC...
Delivered by Mon 20 Jul
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