Digilent, Inc.

Ambient Light Sensor

Digilent offers its PmodALS which features a 3-wire SPI™ communication interface

Image of Digilent's 3 Axis Ambient Light SensorThe Digilent PmodALS demonstrates light-to-digital sensing through a single ambient light sensor. Digilent engineers designed this Pmod around Texas Instruments' ADC081S021 analog-to-digital converter and Vishay Semiconductor's TEMT6000X01. The PmodALS utilizes a single ambient light sensor (ALS) for user input. The amount of light the ALS is exposed to determines the voltage level passed into the ADC, which converts it to 8-bits of data. A value of 0 indicates a low light level and a value of 255 indicates a high light level.

Features

  • 3-wire SPI communication interface
  • 8-bit resolution
  • A value of 0 indicates a low light level and a value of 255 indicates a high light level

Ambient Light Sensor

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionTypeUtilized IC / PartAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
PMODALS AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR410-286PMODALS AMBIENT LIGHT SENSORSensorADC081S021, TEMT6000X0126 - Immediate$455.00View Details
Published: 2015-11-05

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