{"product_id":"vcnl4010-proximity-light-sensor","title":"VCNL4010 Proximity\/Light sensor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe VCNL4010 sensor is a nice way to add a small-distance proximity sensor to your microcontroller project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sensor is easy to use with any microcontroller that has i2c capability. 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 is ideal since the VIN voltage powers the IR LED and the higher the voltage you can give it, the more powerful it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew! \u003c\/strong\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/Adafruit_VCNL4010\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWe 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!\u003c\/a\u003e Not for use with the VCNL4000!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/VCNL4000\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIf you have the original VCNL4000 version of this breakout, this github repo has an Arduino sketch for it.\u003c\/a\u003e Not for use with the VCNL4010!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTECHNICAL DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePCB dimensions: 23mm x 23mm (0.9\" x 0.9\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness including tallest SMT components: ~3.15mm (0.125\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness of PCB: 1.75mm \/ 0.070\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis board\/chip uses I2C 7-bit address 0x13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDatasheets for the VCNL4010 version of this board:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/images\/product-files\/466\/vcnl4010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVCNL4010 Datasheet \/ App Note \/ Product Sheet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDatasheets for the VCNL4000 version of this board:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/datasheets\/vcnl4000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVCNL4000 datasheet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/datasheets\/vcnl4000AN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVCNL4000 App Note\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/datasheets\/vcnl4000ps.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVCNL4000 Product sheet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":7460137601,"sku":"ADA466","price":7.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/466.jpg?v=1445264412","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/vcnl4010-proximity-light-sensor","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}