Ambient Light and Proximity Sensor APDS-9930

Super fun for your Arduino or ESP8266 or ESP32 project. The APDS-9930 sensor is a chip that can, among other things, measure ambient light and (short) distance. The distance detection works up to about 100mm; this chip is often used in phones to lock/dim the screen when the phone is held against the ear. Furthermore, the light intensity can be measured as well as the color of the light (RGB).

Pins:

1. VL (optional power supply IR LED),
2. GND (Ground),
3. VCC (3.3V input for APDS-9930 sensor),
4. SDA (I2C data),
5. SCL (I2C clock),
6. INT (interrupt).

Specifications:

• Operational Voltage: 3.3V
• Ambient Light & RGB Color Sensing
• Proximity Sensing
• Operating Range: 4-8in (10-20cm)
• I2C Interface (I2C Address: 0x39)

Features

• IR LED and the proximity detector in one optical module
• ambient light sensing (ALS)
• programmable interrupt function with upper and lower threshold
• up to 16-bit resolution
• high sensitivity works behind darkened glass
• low lux performance down to 0.01Lux
• presence detection
• fully calibrated up to 100mm detection
• integrated IR-LED and synchronous LED driver
• I2C-interface compatible
• up to 400 kHz (I2C fast mode)
• dedicated interrupt pin
• sleep mode power – 2.2uA typical

Dimensions
Length: 1.82cm
Width: 1.54cm
Height: 0.4cm