{"product_id":"adafruit-proximity-trinkey-usb-apds9960-sensor-dev-board","title":"Adafruit Proximity Trinkey - USB APDS9960 Sensor Dev Board","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's half USB Key, half Adafruit Trinket M0, half APDS9960 breakout...it's Proximity Trinkey, the circuit board with a Trinket M0 heart, APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor, and two RGB NeoPixels for a customizable glow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdafruit wanted to make it super-easy to add one of their most popular combination-sensors to any computer with a USB port and this one is ready to go in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe PCB is designed to slip into any USB A port on a computer or laptop. There's an ATSAMD21 microcontroller on board with just enough circuitry to keep it happy. One pin of the microcontroller connects to the two NeoPixel LEDs. Two other pins are used as capacitive touch inputs on the end - if you look carefully you can see the slotted end has left and right touch pads. A reset button lets you enter bootloader mode if necessary. That's it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SAMD21 can run CircuitPython or Arduino very nicely - both have existing APDS9960, NeoPixel and our FreeTouch (capacitive touch) libraries. Over the USB connection, you can have serial, MIDI, or HID connectivity. The Proximity Trinkey is perfect for simple projects that want to use motion, light or color sensing as an input to make fun and intuitive user experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe star of this Trinkey is the APDS9960 from Avago Technologies, which has a few different capabilities thanks to integrated IR LED, photodiodes, and RGB sensing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProximity sensing\u003c\/strong\u003e up to about 6\" away by bouncing IR light off an object\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRGB color sensing\u003c\/strong\u003e can detect color when light refects off of an object - good for bright colorful items like LEGO bricks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAmbient light sensing\u003c\/strong\u003e - how dark or bright is it in the room?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBasic gesture sensing\u003c\/strong\u003e using 4 cardinal locations of photodiodes - this sensor is a little tough to use but it does work with practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfigurable interrupt pin that can fire when a certain proximity threshold is broken, or when a color sensor breaks a certain threshold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe think it's just an adorable little board, small and durable and inexpensive enough that it could be a first microcontroller board or inspiration for advanced developers to make something simple and fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eATSAMD21E18 32-bit Cortex M0+ - 48 MHz 32 bit processor with 256KB Flash and 32 KB RAM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNative USB supported by every OS - can be used in Arduino or CircuitPython as USB serial console, MIDI, Keyboard\/Mouse HID, even a little disk drive for storing Python scripts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan be used with Arduino IDE or CircuitPython\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo RGB NeoPixel LEDs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Capacitive Touchpads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAPDS9960 Light\/Color\/Proximity\/Gesture sensor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReset switch for starting your project code over or entering bootloader mode\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlim and cute, keychain-friendly!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTECHNICAL DETAILS\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduct Dimensions: 32.8mm x 12.0mm x 3.4mm \/ 1.3\" x 0.5\" x 0.1\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduct Weight: 1.5g \/ 0.1oz\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39444429930579,"sku":"ADA5022","price":9.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/5022-00.jpg?v=1653320827","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/adafruit-proximity-trinkey-usb-apds9960-sensor-dev-board","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}