DESCRIPTION
RETIRED PRODUCT – We’ve stopped stocking this product or it has been retired by the manufacturer and is no longer for sale. This page remains available for its resources and as a source of potential interest.
Detect UVA, UVB, and UV index with this sensor. Use it to measure levels of harmful UVA and UVB radiation and to calculate an easily-understandable UV index. Slap on that sunscreen!
This UV sensor can calculate UV indices (A, B, average) on the fly, so that you can easily gauge how strong the sun’s rays are at any given time. It works great when combined with a 5×5 RGB matrix breakout and a Breakout Garden HAT or pHAT to create a traffic light warning system.
The VEML6075 UVA/B sensor breakout has an I2C interface and is 3.3V or 5V compatible. Like other Pimoroni breakouts, it’s designed so that 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, 6, 9).
FEATURES
- VEML6075 UVA/B sensor
- Detects raw UVA/UVB and UVA/UVB and average indices
- 3.3V or 5V compatible
- I2C interface (address 0x10)
- 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
- Compatible with Arduino
Kit Includes:
- VEML6075 UVA/B Sensor Breakout
- 1×5 male header
- 1×5 female right angle header
RESOURCES
Datasheet
Python library