APDS9930

APDS9930 Digital Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor drive for microbit

I2C Address

0x39

API

• AGAIN(gain=None)
  get/set ALS Gain. gain is: [1, 8, 16, 120]

• PGAIN(gain=None)
  get/set Proximity Gain. gain is: [1, 2, 4, 8]

• Power(on=True)
  set power on/off

• poweron()
  goto normal mode

• ALS_Enable(on=True)
  Enable/Disable ALS feature

• Wait_Enable(on=True)
  Enable/Disable Wait Timer feature

• Proximity_Enable(on=True)
  Enable/Disable Proximity feature
  VL pin must connect to 3.3V before enable Proximity feature.

• getALS()
  get Ambient Light (lux)

• getProximity()
  get Proximity value.
  VL pin must connect to 3.3V before enable Proximity feature.

example

from machine import Pin, I2C
import time
import APDS9930

i2c=I2C(sda=Pin(5),scl=Pin(4))

apds = APDS9930.APDS9930(i2c)

while True:
    time.sleep_ms(500)
    apds.getALS()

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