RGB and Gesture Sensor APDS-9960

Control your projects with the wave of a hand. Touchless gesture sensing as found in the Samsung Galaxy S5! Measures ambient light, color, proximity and gesture detection!

More details

Have a question? 0 answered questions

More info
Customer Questions & Answers

Features:

Color and Gesture Sensor
Control projects with a swipe of your hand!
Same sensor found in the Samsung Galaxy S5 for gesture detection!
Measures:

Ambient Light
RGB Color
Touchless Gesture Detection
Proximity

Operating Voltage: 3.3V DC
Range: 4 to 8 inches (100mm to 200mm)
Built in UV and IR blocking filters
4 diodes that are sensitive to different directions
Communication Protocol: I2C
I2C Address: 0x39
Compatible with Arduino & Teensy (using a Logic Level Converter), Orange Pi, Raspberry Pi and any other microcontroller rated at 3.3V. For 5V microcontrollers, you can use this sensor if you couple it with a Logic Level Converter.
Pinout:

VIN: Power
GND: Ground
SCL: Clock
SDA: Data
INT: Interrupt

Supported Gestures:

UP: A swipe from the bottom of the board to the top and out of range of the sensor. Make sure that your wrist/arm is not in the sensor's range at the end of the swipe!
DOWN: A swipe from the top of the board to the bottom and out of range of the sensor.
LEFT: A swipe from the right side of the board to the left and out of range of the sensor.
RIGHT: A swipe from the left side of the board to the right and out of range of the sensor.
NEAR: Object (e.g. hand) starts far above the sensor, moves close to the sensor, hovers for at least 1 second, and moves out of range of the sensor.
FAR: Object starts near the sensor, hovers for at least 1 second, and then moves up above and out of range of the sensor.

Ask the community

No customers have asked questions about this product yet.