DESCRIPTION
This light and proximity sensor detects light over a wide dynamic range (0.01 lux to 64,000 lux) and proximity within a short range of ~5cm.
The LTR-559 is the same sort of sensor that you’d find next to the camera in your phone to detect when it’s next to your ear and when your phone should disable the touchscreen.
It’s ideal for an automatic and manual nightlight switch that detects when ambient light drops below a certain level and automatically triggers something to come on, or just wave your hand over it to toggle the light on or off manually using proximity sensing.
The LTR-559 Light and Proximity Sensor Breakout has an I2C interface and is 3.3V or 5V compatible. You can solder a piece of right-angle header onto it and then pop it straight onto the bottom left 5 pins on your Raspberry Pi’s GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9).
FEATURES
- Lite-On LTR-559ALS-01 sensor
- I2C interface (address: 0x23)
- IR/UV-filtering
- 50.60Hz flicker rejection
- 0.01 lux to 64,000 lux light detection range
- ~5cm proximity detection range
- 3.3V or 5V compatible
- Reverse polarity protection
- Raspberry Pi-compatible pinout (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3B+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W
- Python library available
Kit includes
- LTR-559 Light and Proximity Sensor Breakout
- 1×5 male header
- 1×5 female right angle header
RESOURCES
They’ve put together a Python library that you can use to read data from your LTR-559 Light and Proximity Sensor Breakout, and an easy one-line installer to install everything.
Please Note:
- The software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.
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Returns
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The policy is for 30 days. We are unable to exchange or refund your order when it's been 30 days from the date of purchase.
To be eligible for a refund your product must be unopened and in the same state as you received it. The item must be in the original packaging.
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