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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BH1745 Luminance and Colour Sensor Breakout
SKU: PR-PIM375 | Brand: Little Bird
A really sophisticated and accurate colour and luminance sensor breakout that's Raspberry Pi and Arduino compatible. As well as detecting RGB colour and light level, it has added bells and whistles like 50/...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Kitronik Air Quality and Environmental Board for micro:bit
SKU: KI-5674 | Brand: Kitronik
The Kitronik Air Quality Board provides a complete air monitoring and reporting solution for the BBC micro:bit. The wealth of onboard sensors and connection points allow you to collect extensive air quality data that ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Gravity: BMM150 Triple Axis Magnetometer Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0529 | Brand: DFRobot
BMM150 is a low-power and low-noise 3-axis geomagnetic sensor from Bosch for compass applications. It allows measurements of the magnetic field and compass angle in three perpendiculars within a measuring range of ±13...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Conductive Rubber Sheet / Stretch Sensor- 200mm x 200mm x 1mm
SKU: AF-5463 | Brand: Adafruit
This rubber sheet is made of the same carbon-black impregnated rubber material that our conductive rubber cord uses. Traditionally it would be used for EMF shielding, or conductive gaskets - but it's very fun to play ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
DHT20 - AHT20 Pin Module - I2C Temperature and Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5183 | Brand: Adafruit
The DHT20 is a nice but inexpensive temperature and humidity sensor from the same folks that brought us the DHT22.This little sensor looks an awful lot like the popular DHT11/DHT22 temperature and humidity s...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Adafruit Triple-axis Magnetometer - LIS3MDL
SKU: AF-4479 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LIS3MDL is a triple-axis magnetometer (compass) breakout from ST, with selectable measurement ranges from ±4 gauss (±400 µT) up to ±16 gauss (±1600 µT). It's ideal for detecting magnetic north, measuring ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Adafruit SCD-41 - True CO2 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5190 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SCD-41 is a photoacoustic true CO2 sensor that directly measures carbon dioxide concentration in ambient air with a wide measurement range of 400 to 5,000 ppm. It also includes integrated temperature and ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Fermion: SHTC3 Temperature & Humidity Sensor (Breakout)
SKU: DF-SEN0414 | Brand: DFRobot
The SHTC3 digital humidity sensor from Sensirion builds on the success of the proven SHTC1 sensor and offers consistent high accuracy within the measuring range. The sensor covers a humidity measurement range of 0 to ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Octopus Water level sensor
SKU: EF-EF04094 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The Octopus Water Level Sensor detects water level using exposed parallel traces on the PCB. As the water level rises, more traces are submerged, producing a higher analogue signal output. Compatible with micro:bit (3...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Mini Load Cell - 100g, Straight Bar (TAL221)
SKU: SF-SEN-14727 | Brand: SparkFun
This miniature straight bar load cell (sometimes called a strain gauge) can translate up to 100g of pressure (force) into an electrical signal. Each load cell is able to measure the electrical resistance that cha...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Load Cell - 1kg, Straight Bar
SKU: LB-LR0400 | Brand: Little Bird
A 1kg straight bar load cell (strain gauge) that converts applied force into a measurable electrical signal. Made from aluminium alloy with four strain gauges in a Wheatstone bridge configuration, this sensor is ideal...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Sound module
SKU: LB-LR0240 | Brand: Little Bird
This compact sound module lets a microcontroller detect the presence of loud sounds using its onboard microphone.It is designed for sound detection rather than audio recording or interpretation. An Arduino can read th...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Gravity:Digital IR Receiver Module
SKU: DF-DFR0094 | Brand: DFRobot
Infrared devices are widely used, and often for remote controlled devices. With this IR receiver, your Arduino project is now able to receive command from any IR remote controller. Well, it will be also easy...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Capacitive Touch Kit For Arduino
SKU: DF-DFR0129 | Brand: DFRobot
A capacitive touch sensor kit for Arduino based on the MPR121 touch controller. Includes three interchangeable touch pads — a scroll wheel, a keypad with backlight support, and a grid pad for gesture and pattern recog...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
PIR (motion) sensor
SKU: AF-189 | Brand: Adafruit
PIR sensors are used to detect motion from pets/humanoids from about 20 feet away (possibly works on zombies, not guaranteed). This one has an adjustable delay before firing (approx 2-4 seconds), adjustable sensiti...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
IR Receiver Diode - TSOP38238
SKU: SF-SEN-10266 | Brand: SparkFun
Use this simple IR receiver for infrared remote control of your next project. With low power consumption and an easy to use package, it mates well with embedded electronics and can be used with common IR remotes. The...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Force Sensitive Resistor 0.5
SKU: SF-SEN-09375 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a force sensitive resistor with a round, 0.5" diameter, sensing area. This FSR will vary its resistance depending on how much pressure is being applied to the sensing area. The harder the force, the lower the ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
5pcs NTC 10K Ohm Thermistor Temperature Sensor Cylinder Probe 1m Wire
SKU: LB-10K-5 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of five NTC thermistor temperature probes, each with a 1-metre wire lead for remote temperature sensing. These 10 KΩ (at 25°C) NTC sensors are sealed in a cylindrical metal probe for durability and are suitable...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Fermion: MEMS Methane CH4 Gas Detection Sensor (Breakout, 1-10000ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0565 | Brand: DFRobot
Fermion: MEMS Methane CH4 Gas Detection Sensor employs state-of-the-art micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology, endowing the sensor with compact dimensions (13x13x2.5mm), low power consumption (<20mA), minim...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Fermion: AHT20 Temperature and Humidity Sensor (Breakout)
SKU: DF-SEN0527 | Brand: DFRobot
The Fermion AHT20 is a high-precision, low-cost temperature and humidity sensor breakout from DFRobot. Built around an improved MEMS semiconductor capacitive humidity sensor element, it communicates over a standard I2...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
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