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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SparkFun micro:climate kit for micro:bit - v3.0
SKU: SF-KIT-16274 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun micro:climate kit is a full weather station kit that is built on top of the weather:bit carrier board. Unlike previous weather kits we've carried, this micro:climate kit is Qwiic enabled and includes o...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Octopus Temperature And Humidity Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04019 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Temperature and humidity sensor is a module based on DHT11 digital temperature and humidity sensing element. Simple design, and sensitive to the ambient temperature and humidity changes, it can be used for temperature...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
LM35DZ
SKU: LB-LR0285 | Brand: Little Bird
The LM35DZ is a simple temperature sensor IC for projects that need low-cost temperature measurement with good accuracy around room temperature.It is suited to remote sensing applications and runs from a broad 4 to 30...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Medium Vibration Sensor Switch
SKU: AF-2384 | Brand: Adafruit
The "poor man's" accelerometer/motion sensor! These spring-vibration switches are medium sensitivity non-directional vibration induced trigger switches. Inside is a medium hardness spring coiled around a long metal...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout - BNO055
SKU: AF-2472 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit BNO055 breakout delivers complete 9-DOF orientation sensing with onboard sensor fusion — no complex algorithms to write yourself. The Bosch BNO055 combines an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer on...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Rotary Encoder
SKU: SF-COM-09117 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a 12-step rotary encoder with a nice ‘clicking’ feel. It’s breadboard friendly, and has a pretty handy select switch (by pushing in on the knob). The encoder is different from a potentiometer in that an enc...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Mini Photocell
SKU: SF-SEN-09088 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a very small light sensor. A photocell changes (also called a photodetector, photo resistor, CdS or photoconductive cell) resistance depending on the amount of light it is exposed to. These little sensors make...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Photo cell (CdS photoresistor)
SKU: AF-161 | Brand: Adafruit
CdS cells are little light sensors. As the squiggly face is exposed to more light, the resistance goes down. When its light, the resistance is about 5-10KΩ, when dark it goes up to 200KΩ. To use, connect one side o...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Sensor Cable - Electrode Pads (3 connector)
SKU: SF-CAB-12970 | Brand: SparkFun
This is your simple three conductor sensor cable with electrode pad leads. These cables are 24" long and feature a 3.5mm audio jack connector on one end with snap style receptacles for biomedical sensor pads. Each cab...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
RPLIDAR A1M8 - 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit
SKU: DF-DFR0315 | Brand: DFRobot
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Delivered by Mon 12 Oct
Mini PIR Sensor with Time and Sensitivity Control - BS612
SKU: AF-5578 | Brand: Adafruit
The BS612 is a compact, fully configurable mini PIR motion sensor that detects movement from approximately 3–8 metres away with a 120° detection spread. Its small form factor makes it ideal for unobtrusive motion-sens...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Adafruit Triple-axis Magnetometer - MMC5603
SKU: AF-5579 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MMC5603 is a triple-axis magnetometer (compass) breakout with a wide ±30 gauss (±3000 µT) measurement range and full 20-bit output resolution at up to 1000 Hz. It's sensitive enough to detect Earth's magn...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Temperature Sensor - High Temperature, Waterproof (DS18B20)
SKU: SF-SEN-18367 | Brand: SparkFun
A sealed, waterproof DS18B20 digital temperature probe for precise measurements in wet or harsh environments. The sensor communicates over a 1-Wire interface, requiring just one data pin (plus ground) to connect to yo...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Fermion: VL53L3CX ToF Distance Ranging Sensor (Breakout)
SKU: DF-SEN0378 | Brand: DFRobot
The VL53L3CX is the latest Time-of-Flight (ToF) product from STMicroelectronics and embeds ST’s third-generation FlightSense technology. With the improved detection accuracy, the sensor features a 25~3000mm sensing ra...
Delivered by Mon 12 Oct
ACS712 Current Sensor- 20A
SKU: EC-SEL71220A | Brand: Elecrow
A current sensing module based on the Allegro ACS712 Hall effect sensor, capable of accurately measuring both AC and DC current up to ±20 A. The module outputs a proportional analogue voltage that can be read directly...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Adafruit LTR390 UV Light Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4831 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LTR390 is a dual-purpose UV and ambient light sensor with true UVA sensing at a peak spectral response between 300 and 350 nm. Unlike UV index approximation sensors, the LTR390 has a genuine UV photodiode...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: EC-SPM32100S | Brand: Elecrow
This Moisture Sensor can be used to detect the moisture of soil or your pet plant's water level, let the plants in your garden reach out for human help. With the Octopus Electronic Bricks interface can very easy to us...
Delivered by Wed 21 Oct
Non-contact Capacitive Liquid Level Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0368 | Brand: DFRobot
A non-contact capacitive liquid level sensor that detects whether liquid is present inside a non-metallic container or pipe without direct contact with the fluid. It works by measuring changes in capacitance through t...
Delivered by Mon 12 Oct
Adafruit MS8607 Pressure Humidity Temperature PHT Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4716 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MS8607 is a factory-calibrated 3-in-1 sensor that measures barometric pressure, relative humidity, and temperature over I2C. Made by TE Connectivity, this PHT (Pressure, Humidity, Temperature) sensor is a...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
SHT31 Digital Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout8.90
SKU: DF-SEN0331 | Brand: DFRobot
This DFRobot SHT31 digital temperature and humidity sensor is based upon the Sensirion SHT31 sensor IC. Thanks to Sensirion’s CMOSens® technology, highly integrated capacitive humidity sensing components and band-gap ...
Delivered by Mon 12 Oct
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