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Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB & Gesture Sensor is a versatile breakout for projects that need more than just one kind of optical input. It combines gesture sensing, RGB color sensing, proximity sensing, and ambient light sensing on a single I2C board, making it a great fit for touchless interfaces, interactive installs, wearables, robots, and smart devices.
The board is designed for easy integration with both 3.3V and 5V microcontroller systems thanks to its onboard 3.3V regulator and level shifting. It also includes STEMMA QT connectors that are compatible with SparkFun qwiic for fast, solderless I2C hookup. QT cable is not included.
With the supported library code running on your microcontroller, the APDS9960 can detect simple swipe gestures, report red/green/blue/clear light values, estimate how close an object is to the front of the sensor, and monitor ambient light levels. It is especially handy when you want one sensor board to cover multiple interaction modes.
| Brand | Adafruit |
|---|---|
| Sensor IC | APDS9960 |
| Interface | I2C |
| Logic Compatibility | 3.3V and 5V microcontroller systems |
| Proximity Resolution | 8-bit |
| Proximity Range | Up to a few centimeters |
| Connectors | STEMMA QT / qwiic compatible |
| Dimensions | Not specified in supplied source material |
The APDS9960 uses four directional photodiodes together with reflected IR energy from its integrated IR LED. By tracking how reflectance changes across those directions over time, the library can identify simple gestures such as left-to-right, right-to-left, up-to-down, and down-to-up.
More advanced gesture patterns may be possible with additional code, but the supported out-of-the-box gesture set depends on the software library running on your host microcontroller.
If your project needs hand-wave input, near-object detection, color response, and ambient light sensing without using multiple separate modules, this breakout offers a clean all-in-one solution with strong Arduino support and easy I2C integration.
This breakout combines gesture sensing, proximity sensing, ambient light sensing, and RGB color sensing in one board. It can report red, green, blue, and clear light values, estimate how close an object is to the front of the sensor, and detect simple gestures when used with supported library code.
It uses an I2C interface. The board also includes STEMMA QT / Qwiic-compatible connectors for plug-and-play I2C wiring, though a QT cable is not included.
Yes. The breakout has onboard support circuitry including a 3.3V regulator and level shifting, so it is designed for use with both 3.3V and 5V microcontroller systems.
With the Adafruit library code, the currently supported simple gestures are left-to-right, right-to-left, up-to-down, and down-to-up. More complex gestures may be possible in theory, but they would require additional code.
The proximity function is intended for short-range detection from the front of the sensor. The supplied product information describes the range as up to a few centimeters, with 8-bit proximity resolution.
Yes. It has a configurable interrupt that can trigger when a proximity threshold is crossed or when the color sensor exceeds a set threshold.
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