Sensors

A guide to connecting the LIS3DH to a microcontroller and using the Arduino library.

Measure relative humidity with SparkFun's HIH-4030 Humidity Sensor Breakout.

The SparkFun MAX30105 Particle Sensor is a flexible and powerful sensor enabling sensing of distance, heart rate, particle detection, even the blinking of an eye. Get ready. Set. Shine!

How to use and re-program the 9DoF Razor IMU M0, a combination of ATSAMD21 ARM Cortex-M0 microprocessor and MPU-9250 9DoF-in-a-chip.

The SparkFun ESP8266 Thing Dev Board is a powerful development platform that lets you connect your hardware projects to the Internet. In this guide, we show you how to combine some simple components to remotely log temperature data, send yourself texts and control lights from afar.

Bring the ability to detect light levels to any project with the SparkFun TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Breakout.

Build a portable digital compass using the SparkFun MicroView and the MAG3110 Magnetometer Breakout.

Get started with the MAG3110 3-Axis Magnetometer and learn how to make your own digital compass that senses the Earth's magnetic fields.

What does a baby elephant weigh? How much impact force does a jump have? Answer these questions and more by building your very own IoT industrial scale using the SparkFun OpenScale.

Get started with the ADXL345 Accelerometer.

How to connect and use the SparkFun 9 Degrees of Freedom Sensor Stick with an Arduino

Get up and running with the MPU-9250 9-axis MEMS sensor.

A hookup guide for the HX711 load cell amplifier breakout board

OpenScale allows you to have a permanent scale for industrial and biological applications. Learn how to use the OpenScale board to read and configure load cells.

Use the Tessel 2 and the Johnny Five Inventors kit to explore the world of JavaScript enabled hardware through 14 awesome experiments!

An introduction to working with the Electret Mic Breakout Board.

Build a portable gas monitor to check for dangerous levels of hazardous gases.

Learn how to build a remote water level sensor for a water storage tank and how to automate a pump based off the readings!

Use an Arduino and the SparkFun Sound Detector to create visualizations on Addressable RGB LED strips.

How to combine a piezo sensor, high-value resistor, and an Arduino to create a vibration sensor.

Hook a light-sensing photocell up to an Arduino to create an ambient light monitor.

An overview of passive infrared (PIR) motion detecting sensors, and how to hook them up to an Arduino.

The Si7021 humidity and temperature sensor is an easy to use, digital, low-cost sensor to aid you in all your environment sensing needs.

Equip your Arduino project with a sliding soft potentiometer to monitor position or adding linear control to your project.