Product description
Light, colour, and gesture sensor based on the APDS-9960 IC. The module combines four different sensors into one, enabling the detection of hand gestures, proximity, ambient light, and RGB colours. It is suitable for touchless user interfaces, robotics, automatic brightness control, colour identification, and other interactive electronics projects.
The APDS-9960 enables intelligent and interactive applications where functions can be controlled using hand gestures or automatically adapted to changing environmental conditions. The gesture sensor recognises movements in the up, down, left, and right directions, while the proximity sensor can detect objects at a distance of approximately 10–20 cm. The integrated ambient light and RGB colour sensor can be used for applications such as automatic screen brightness adjustment or colour sorting. Built-in UV and IR filters reduce interference from unwanted light sources, ensuring accurate measurements.
The module features Qwiic connectors for quick and easy connection to compatible boards and communicates via I2C with Arduino and other microcontrollers.
Specifications:
- Sensor IC: APDS-9960
- Functions: Gesture detection, proximity sensing, ambient light sensing, RGB colour sensing
- Communication: I2C
- Connection: 2 × Qwiic
- Detection range: 10–20 cm
- Operating voltage: 3.3 V
- I2C logic level: 3.3 V
- Dimensions: 38 × 22 mm