Sensors

Laser break beam sensors are usually kind of cumbersome.  They work by detecting an object breaking a laser beam - but you usually have to set up a...

A gyroscope is a type of sensor that can sense twisting and turning motions. Often paired with an accelerometer, you can use these to do 3D motion ...

Turn your paintings into touch sensors. Say what? Yes! And that's only some of the amazing things this Bare Conducitve Touch Board can do. This ...

This soft potentiometer is an interesting way to add an adjustable resistor / slide potentiometer to your wearable. You can use it to adjust the br...

The Pololu AltIMU-10 v5 is an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and altimeter that features the same LSM6DS33 gyro and accelerometer and LIS3MDL magn...

Infrared (IR) break-beam sensors are a simple way to detect motion. They work by having an emitter side that sends out a beam of human-invisible...

Infrared (IR) break-beam sensors are a simple way to detect motion. They work by having an emitter side that sends out a beam of human-invisi...

It's 10PM, do you know where your Raspberry Pi is? If you had this GPS HAT, you would! This new HAT from Adafruit adds our celebrated Ultimate GPS ...

Control your Raspberry Pi 3, 2, A+, B+, or Zero with a flick of the wrist! The Pimoroni Skywriter HAT senses the position of your fingers in the...

Pianists? No! Pannists? Yes! Educate yourself on the sounds of Trinidad and Tobago with Gakken's Steel Drum Kit. Put together a four-note steelpan ...

This Reflective IR Sensor is a simple plastic casing with two elements - an IR LED and an IR phototransistor. You can control the IR LED and turn i...

This module features a fixed-gain, 38 kHz modulated IR sensor and a corresponding IR LED with oscillator circuit to make a tiny proximity sensor. ...

This touch-able add on shield for Arduinos will inspire your next interactive project with 12 capacitive touch sensors. Capacitive touch sensing...

The Explorer HAT is a terrific prototyping side-kick for your Raspberry Pi 2, B+, or A+! On the Explorer from Pimoroni there are a heap of usefu...

The Sharp distance sensors are a popular choice for many projects that require accurate distance measurements. This IR sensor is more economical t...

This is a mounting bracket designed for our URM ultrasonic sensor series.It is fully compatible with URM37 and URM04. You can also have this it...

If you've ever ordered and wire up a 9-DOF sensor, chances are you've also realized the challenge of turning the sensor data from an accelerometer,...

It is a tiny, with impressive performance single transducer sensor. The SRF01 Ultrasonic Range Finder uses Devantech's 2nd generation AutoTune t...

The latest model SRF05 Detection range of 3 cm from the original SRF04 -3 m, increased to 1 cm -4 meters. RF04 is compatible with the original. ...

This SHARP infrared distance sensor takes a continuous distance reading and returns a corresponding analog voltage with a range of 20cm (8") to ...

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 i...

Infrared devices are widely used, and often for remote controlled devices. With this IR receiver, your Arduino project is now able to receive...

This low cost SFR02 ultrasonic ranger has both I2C and Serial interfaces. New AutoTune algorithms intelligently back the minimum range right up ...

The HCR Mobile Robot Kit is a two wheel drive mobile robot platform with three levels (if you want, you can use only the parts you need, or m...