VCNL4010 Proximity / Light sensor
8,86 €
The VCNL4010 is a proximity sensor designed to detect the distance within 200mm (according to Adafruit tests the best range for operation is 10-150mm). The sensor, produced by Vishay, integrates an additional ambient light sensor. Communicate through I2C and supports 3.3V or 5V logic. On the board there is a 3.3V regulator which makes it possible to supply both 3.3V and 5V. It is important to remember that, if powered at 5V, more performing results are obtained, since the Vin pin powers the IR LED.
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Description
The VCNL4010 sensor is a nice way to add a small-distance proximity sensor to your microcontroller project. For longer distances (in the range of cm, you can use a SHARP IR distance sensor, but those are only good if the object is over 10 cm away. The VCNL4010 is designed for much shorter distances, no more than 200mm (about 7.5 ″ ) and under our experimentation we found it worked best at distances of about 10-150mm. It would be good for say detecting when a hand moved nearby, or before a robot smacks into a wall. The sensor also has an ambient light sensor built in .
This sensor is easy to use with any microcontrollerhat has i2c capabilities. It is 5 volt compliant so you can use it with 3.3V or 5V logic with no risk of damage. There is an onboard 3.3V ultra low dropout regulator so you can power it with 3.3 to 5.0V. However, if you can give it 5.0V that it is ideal since the VIN voltage powers the IR LED and the higher the voltage you can give it, the more powerful it is.
New! As of Sept 23, 2015 we are now shipping this breakout with the updated VCNL4010 - the library has changed and the chip is slightly different in that it now supports interrupts. We also made the board a little more compact. However, the overall proximity functionality is identical.
We have working example code for the VCNL4010 version of this breakout, in the form of an Arduino sketch. It is easily adaptable to any microcontroller, check out the github repository to download! Not for use with the VCNL4000!
PCB dimensions: 23mm x 23mm (0.9 ″ x 0.9 ″)
Thickness including tallest SMT components: ~ 3.15mm (0.125 ″)
Thickness of PCB: 1.75mm / 0.070 ″
This board / chip uses I2C 7-bit address 0x13
Datasheets for the VCNL4010 version of this board:
VCNL4010 Datasheet / App Note / Product Sheet
TECHNICAL INFO:
Producer's page
Software
Datasheet
Product information
| Weight | 0,05 kg |
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| Length | 5x1x3 cm |
| BRAND | Adafruit |
