The APDS-9960 device is equipped with cutting-edge capabilities such as Gesture detection, Proximity detection, Digital Ambient Light Sense (ALS), and Color Sense (RGBC). This compact chip features a 2C-bus Fast Mode Compatible Interface with an address of 0x39.
Noteworthy Features:
- Comprehensive Ambient Light and RGB Color Sensing, Proximity Sensing, and Gesture Detection in an Optical Module
- Ambient Light and RGB Color Sensing:
- Equipped with UV and IR-blocking filters
- Programmable gain and integration time
- Exhibits very high sensitivity, making it ideally suited for operation behind dark glass
- Proximity Sensing:
- Precision-trimmed to provide consistent readings
- Offers ambient light rejection and offset compensation
- Includes a programmable driver for IR LED current and a saturation indicator bit
- Advanced Gesture Sensing:
- Incorporates four separate diodes sensitive to different directions
- Provides ambient light rejection and offset compensation
- Features a programmable driver for IR LED current and a 32-dataset storage FIFO
- Utilizes an interrupt-driven I2C-bus communication
- I2C-bus Fast Mode Compatible Interface:
- Supports data rates of up to 400 kHz
- Includes a dedicated Interrupt Pin
- Compact Package: L 3.94 × W 2.36 × H 1.35 mm
