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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Heelight Core
SKU: PI-LNG002 | Brand: Pimoroni
Heelight Core is a smart sound sensor that can recognize up to 500+ digital voice commands. Heelight Core is tiny, only 20mm*17mm. By using the design of the stamp hole, you can easily integrate Heelight core in...
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Flotilla - Slider
SKU: PR-PIM037 | Brand: Little Bird
The Flotilla Slider module is a slide potentiometer with five bright white LEDs that illuminate as the slider is moved. It connects to a Flotilla Dock via a micro USB cable and is perfect for controlling synths, robot...
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Flotilla - Weather
SKU: PR-PIM031 | Brand: Little Bird
The Weather module reads temperature and pressure. It's ideal for setting up a mini weather station to monitor conditions in your house or garage. Features BMP280 sensor Detects temperature and pressure ...
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Flotilla - Light
SKU: PR-PIM033 | Brand: Little Bird
The Light module detects ambient light level. It's ideal for use in a weather station, keeping track of light levels in your greenhouse, or reminding you when you've left the lights on in your house. Feat...
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Flotilla - Colour
SKU: PR-PIM030 | Brand: Little Bird
The Colour module detects RGB colour, as well as ambient light level. It also has two bright white LEDs to illuminate objects whose colour is being detected. It uses the TCS3472 colour sensor. I...
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Explorer pHAT
SKU: PR-PIM137 | Brand: Little Bird
Explorer pHAT is the perfect prototyping side-kick for your Raspberry Pi. A compact version of the popular Explorer HAT Pro, it's designed to fit perfectly on a Raspberry Pi Zero. Packed with useful input and output ...
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Enviro pHAT
SKU: PR-PIM203 | Brand: Little Bird
Enviro pHAT packs 4 different sensors, letting you measure temperature, pressure, light level, colour, 3-axis motion, compass heading, and analog inputs. That's up to 10 different variables! It's ideal for monitoring ...
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Binary's UFO™ - a super sensing saucer!
SKU: PI-BIB002 | Brand: Pimoroni
Binary's UFO is a robot maker kit that combines flat-pack cardboard construction with real sensors and coding using the BBC micro:bit. Build the flying saucer, connect the included sensors and LED strip, then program ...
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Bearables Acorn Motion Sensor
SKU: PR-PIM316 | Brand: Little Bird
An adorable acorn-shaped motion sensor designed to work with Bearables wearable LED badges. When you move or tilt the acorn, the connected badge's LEDs light up — bringing your wearable creation to life with simple, d...
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Automation pHAT
SKU: PR-PIM214 | Brand: Little Bird
The Automation pHAT is a compact home monitoring and automation controller for Raspberry Pi in the smaller pHAT form factor. With a relay, three analogue channels, buffered inputs, and sinking outputs — all 24V tolera...
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Sharp long distance sensor GP2Y0A02YK0F 2Y0A02
SKU: LB-00321 | Brand: Little Bird
The Sharp GP2Y0A02YK0F is an infrared distance measuring sensor with a detection range of 20 to 150 cm. It uses triangulation — combining an infrared emitter (IRED) and a position-sensitive detector (PSD) — to output ...
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SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - H3LIS331DL
SKU: SF-SEN-14480 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun H3LIS331DL Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout is a low-power, high-g accelerometer with I2C and SPI interface options. Though not necessarily good at detecting minute changes, the H3LIS331DL is great for ...
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Threshold Cubelet
SKU: MR-CB-KT-THRESHOLD-1 | Brand: Modular Robotics
The Threshold is a THINK Cubelet with a knob to alter the behavior of your robots. It will output a value of zero until its inputs exceed the threshold set by the knob. Above this threshold data will flow normally....
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Analog Output K-Type Thermocouple Amplifier - AD8495 Breakout
SKU: AF-1778 | Brand: Adafruit
The AD8495 from Analog Devices is an analog-output K-type thermocouple amplifier on a compact breakout board. Simply power the board with 3–18V DC, connect a K-type thermocouple to the terminal block, and read the tem...
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Force Sensitive Resistor 0.5
SKU: DF-SEN0047 | Brand: DFRobot
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 t...
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Force Sensitive Resistor - Small
SKU: DF-SEN0065 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a small force sensitive resistor. It has a 0.16" (4 mm) diameter active sensing area. This FSR will vary its resistance depending on how much pressure is being applied to the sensing area. The harder the fo...
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XL-MaxSonar-AE0(MB1300)
SKU: DF-SEN0090 | Brand: DFRobot
The XL-MaxSonar-AE0 offers a wide and sensitive beam pattern for indoor use. This makes the XL-MaxSonar-AE0 an excellent choice wherever wide beam detection, reliable people detection, or reliable small obstacle de...
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XL-MaxSonar-EZ0 (MB1200)
SKU: DF-SEN0089 | Brand: DFRobot
The XL-MaxSonar-EZ0 offers a wide and sensitive beam pattern for indoor use. This makes the XL-MaxSonar-EZ0 an excellent choice wherever wide beam detection, reliable people detection, or reliable small obstacle de...
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Flexiforce Pressure Sensor - 100lbs
SKU: DF-SEN0066 | Brand: DFRobot
The FlexiForce is a thin, flexible piezoresistive force sensor that measures applied pressure from 0 to 100 lbs (440N). The harder you press on the circular sensing area, the lower the sensor's resistance — from effec...
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Sharp IR Sensor Mounting Bracket - GP2Y0A21/GP2Y0A02YK (Orange)
SKU: DF-FIT0005-OE | Brand: DFRobot
This mounting bracket is designed for Sharp GP2D12/2D15/Sharp GP2Y0A02YK IR ranger sensor. You can buy this item using 250 reward points. Specification Size:45x20x15mm(1.77x0.79x0.59") Mountin...
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