Adafruit TSL2585 Digital UVA and Ambient Light Sensor

Description Show Reviews Description The Adafruit TSL2585 Digital UVA and Ambient Light Sensor is a great “three-in-one” light sensor that has ambient light sensing, Infrared channel and UVA (315nm-400nm). In particular its not that common to get UVA narrow-band sensing on an I2C sensor, so this is great for outdoor light monitoring. It can also be used to measure curing lights, blacklights and reptile lamps! Please note: this sensor will give ‘counts’ for the ambient light sensor and is not lux-calibrated, so you can use it for measurements, but it won’t convert to Lux. The UVA sensor does have a calibration byte, but only for ‘factory corrected’ counts, not W/cm. The sensor has an auto-gain system with up to x4096 gain, plus adjustable integration time, so it can detect down to 1 millilux. This chip is tiny and normally uses 1.8V power and logic, so we’ve wrapped it into a tasty Stemma QT breakout board with SparkFun qwiic- compatible STEMMA QT connectors for the I2C bus, so you don’t even need to solder.Just wire up to your favorite micro with a plug-and-play cable to get data ASAP. For a no-solder experience, just wire up to your favorite micro using a STEMMA QT adapter cable. The Stemma QT connectors also mean the TSL2585 can be used with our various associated accessories. QT Cable is not included, but we have a variety in the shop Communication with the sensor is done over I2C; check out our Arduino and CircuitPython/Python code to get started fast and read data over I2C in a jiffy. Technical Details TSL2585 Sensor Specifications: The sensor itself is low-profile (0.35mm) and mini-sized: L 2.0 mm x W 1.0mm x H 0.35mm An ideal 315nm-400nm UVA channel, a human eye response, a photopic channel, and an IR channel With an ultra-low noise analog front-end, up to 4096x gain and 20-bit resolution offer high sensitivity ALS detection Special edge-located photodiode placement which allows for a narrow bezel design down to 0.4mm width Equipped with 3 modulators with up to 14kHz fast sampling rate offer fast and accurate ambient light illuminance and flicker information Function: ambient light sensing and flicker detection Interface: Input I2C 1MHz Operating Ambient Temperature: Min. -30 C / Max. 85 C Product Dimensions: 25.5mm x 18.0mm x 5.0mm / 1.0″ x 0.7″ x 0.2″ Product Weight: 3.6g / 0.1oz 0 Reviews Hide Reviews Show Reviews