APDS-9960 RGB and Gesture Sensor Module
Introduction
The RGB and Gesture Sensor is a small breakout board with a built in APDS-9960 sensor that offers ambient light and color measuring, proximity detection, and touchless gesture sensing. With this RGB and Gesture Sensor, you are able to control a computer, microcontroller, robot, and so on. It is the same sensor as Samsung Galaxy S5 uses and it is probably one of the best gesture sensors with this price on the market.
APDS-9960
It has many functions, including gesture detection, approaching detection, digital ambient light sensing and so on. It uses an 8-pin package and can be a digital RGB, an ambient light, a short range or a gesture sensing equipment. The device has many ports compatible with I2C, in different colors: red, green, blue, clear (RGBC). The short range and the gesture sensing have infrared LEDs. RGB and ambient light sensing can detect the intensity of light under many light conditions, through many vibration-absorptive materials and the deep tinted window. Besides, integrated UV-IR blocking filter can sense the ambient light and correlated colour temperature accurately.
- Main Features
- Type: GY-APDS9960-3.3
- Chip: APDS-9960
- Power Supply Voltage: 3.3V
- Communication Mode: IIC communication protocol
- Size: 20mm x 15.3mm
Pin Description
| Pin Description | |
|---|---|
| VL | Optional power to the IR LED if PS jumper is disconnected Must be 3.0 – 4.5V |
| GND | Connect to ground. |
| VCC | Used to power the APDS-9960 sensor. Must be 2.4 – 3.6 |
| SDA | I²C data |
| SCL | I²C clock |
| IN | External interrupt pin. Active LOW on interrupt event |
