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Low voltage DC (LVDC) microgrids have recently gained popularity. In applications such as rural electrification, data center power systems, and satellite microgrids stand-alone LVDC microgrids have proven to be extremely beneficial. In the case of standalone LVDC microgrids, voltage control and energy management are crucial. In such standalone and safety-critical systems, sensor faults are especially important to address. Therefore, we present a hybrid sensor fault tolerant control (HSFTC) approach with redundancy features at the software and hardware levels. To address voltage sensor failures, an analytical redundancy component employs a sliding mode observer in conjunction with adaptive passivity-based control. To overcome battery current sensor failures, a double modular hardware redundancy component is included. Both MATLAB simulations and hardware experiments on the microgrid testbed are used to verify the performance of this HSFTC in a variety of scenarios involving sensor malfunctions and load disturbances. We observe that the suggested HSFTC can address sensor faults and load disturbances simultaneously. The effectiveness of our control approach in dealing with sensor malfunctions is evaluated in comparison to reference control strategies.