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Here are the top sensor modules which are helpful in creating your IoT projects. These sensor modules list is based on the most popular sensor modules. Please add your faves to the list so I can discover more. And don't forget to vote for your faves!
The GY-BMP280 is a high precision pressure sensor module from Bosch. The sensor can measure both atmospheric pressure and temperature with an accuracy of 0.1hPa and 0.1*C respectively.
The DHT11 sensor uses a capacitive humidity sensor and a thermistor based temperature sensor to measure the ambient humidity and temperature.
IR Sensor module consists of an IR transmitter LED which transmits IR light, this light will then be picked up by an IR receiver LED if it gets reflect by any object in front of it. It is commonly used in Line following robots, proximity sensing, object detection etc.
This water level sensor module has a series of parallel exposed traces to measure droplets/water volume in order to determine the water level. Very Easy to monitor water level as the output to analog signal is directly proportional to the water level. This output analog values can be directly read via ADC and can also
ADXL345 Digital Accelerometer Sensor is a low power, MEMS, three-axis accelerometer module with both SPI and I2C interfaces to communicate with your controller. ADXL345 Accelerometer Sensor Module has an Onboard LDO Voltage regulator.
MPU6050 is intended towards low cost, low power and high performance demanding wearables, smartphones, and tablets. It combines a MEMS 3 axis accelerometer and 3 axis gyroscope sensor on the same silicon die to measure acceleration, orientation, velocity, displacement or any other motion-related parameter. It also includes a Digital Motion Processor to take the processing load away from the microcontroller thus increasing the accuracy and computational power
MQ2 Gas sensor is a Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) type Gas Sensor mainly used to detect gases like Methane, Butane, LPG, Smoke, etc.
This is a 4-channel IR sensor array module which comes with 4 pairs of IR transmitter and receivers. Features of IR Sensor Array Module Voltage: 3.3V - 5V Detection range: 1mm to 20 CM (adjustable) Output interface: 6 wire interface The output signal: TTL level (can be directly connected to I/0 microcontroller))
Raindrop Sensor is a tool used for sensing rain. It consists of two modules, a rain board that detects the rain and a control module, which compares the analog value, and converts it to a digital value
TCRT5000 IR Sensor is commonly used in Line follower or maze solving robots, obstacle detection, and avoidance programs, etc. It has Operating Temperature range of -25°C to +85°C.
