Sensors

A quick guide to help to create your own MicroMod weather station using the MicroMod Weather Carrier Board and Processor of your choice.

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

Get up and running quickly with this simple to use UV sensor.

How to use the MLX90614 or our SparkFun IR Thermometer Evaluation Board to take temperatures remotely, over short distances.

How to get started using the MMA8452Q 3-axis accelerometer -- a solid, digital, easy-to-use acceleration sensor.

Using WiFi to send sensor data from an ESP32 to a WiFi network and be able to read it from an IoT Dashboard from anywhere in the world.

Control LEDs based on your movement using an accelerometer! Make your LEDs breathe by fading in and out when laying on the floor, turn off the LEDs when moving to your side, or make the LEDs blink in a headstand!

Getting started with the MPL3115A2 Pressure Sensor.

A basic guide to get started with the MPU-9150 9 Degrees of Freedom Breakout.

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

Breakout of MS5803-14BA Pressure Sensor to measure the absolute pressure of the fluid around them to determine altitude, water depth, or any other tasks that require an accurate pressure reading. This includes air, water, and anything else that acts like a viscous fluid.

Line of products to work with the MyoWare muscle sensor from Advancer Technologies.

How to use and re-program the OpenLog Artemis, an open source datalogger. The OLA comes preprogrammed to automatically log data. The OLA can also record serial data, analog voltages, or readings from external Qwiic-enabled I2C devices. Some of these Qwiic-enabled devices include GPS/GNSS modules, pressure, altitude, humidity, temperature, air quality, environment, distance, and weight sensors.

An introduction to working with the OpenLog data logger.

How to use and customize the SparkFun OpenPIR motion sensor.

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.

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

Learn how to use the SparkFun Photon IMU Shield for your Photon device which houses an on-board LSM9DS1 system-in-a-chip that houses a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and 3-axis magnetometer.

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

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

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

Running low-power machine learning examples on the SparkFun Edge can now be done using the familiar Arduino IDE. In this follow-up to the initial Edge tutorial, we'll look at how to get three examples up and running without the need to learn an entirely new SDK.

Getting started with the Pyboard using MicroPython.

Use this IR LED/phototransistor fusion to sense objects in close proximity or even the color of a surface!