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Adafruit APDS9999 Proximity, Lux Light & Color Sensor

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Adafruit APDS9999 Proximity, Lux Light & Color Sensor - Adafruit - 6461

STEMMA QT / Qwiic breakout for the Broadcom APDS9999 proximity, ambient lux, and RGB colour sensor over I2C. Short-range reflected IR proximity plus full-colour sensing; onboard regulation and level shifting for 3.3 V or 5 V hosts.

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Adafruit APDS9999 Proximity, Lux Light & Color Sensor — Adafruit — 6461

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Pinout

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
ADAFRUIT APDS9999 PROXVinSDA3VoSTEMMA QTGNDINTSCL
  • Vin
    Type · Power
  • 3Vo
    Type · Power
  • GND
    Type · Ground
  • SCL
    Type · I2C
  • SDA
    Type · I2C
  • STEMMA QT
    Type · Unknown
  • INT
    Type · GPIO
PinType
VinPower
3VoPower
GNDGround
SCLI2C
SDAI2C
STEMMA QTUnknown
INTGPIO
Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
ADAFRUIT APDS9999 PROXVinSDA3VoSTEMMA QTGNDINTSCL

Pin details

7 connections
  1. Vin
    Power
  2. 3Vo
    Power
  3. GND
    Ground
  4. SCL
    I2C
  5. SDA
    I2C
  6. STEMMA QT
    Unknown
  7. INT
    GPIO

Start wiring

I2C · Analog · 3.3 – 5 V · Breakout

Adafruit describes the CdS photoresistor as a light sensor whose resistance falls as light increases, and its product page gives an examp…

Module pins: Vin, 3Vo, GND, SCL, SDA. Schematik maps them to your board in the app.

Light & color

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