Broadcom

APDS-9250 Digital RGB, IR, and Ambient Light Sensor with I²C Output

Broadcom's sensor offers individual channels for red, green, blue, and infrared sensing

Image of Broadcom's APDS-9250 RGB, IR, and Ambient Light Sensor The Broadcom APDS-9250 is a low-voltage digital RGB, IR, and ambient light sensor device that converts light intensity to a digital output signal. The device supports the I²C bus interface and has a programmable interrupt controller that takes minimal microcontroller (MCU) resources. The color-sensing feature is useful in applications such as LED RGB backlight control, solid-state lighting, reflected LED color sampler, and fluorescent light color temperature detection. With the IR sensing feature, the device can be used to read the IR content in certain lighting conditions and detect the type of light source.

Features
  • Miniature package size: 2.00 mm x 2.00 mm x 0.65 mm (L x W x H)
  • Up to 20-bit resolution
  • I²C-compatible interface with dedicated interrupt pin
  • Individual channels for red (R), green (G), blue (B), and infrared (IR)
  • Approximate human eye response with green channel
  • Precise light intensity measurements under diverse lighting conditions and various attenuation materials, including dark glass
  • ALS and RGB sensing with integrated IR-blocking filter
  • Specially-designed matrix arrangement of photodiodes to have optimal angular response
  • Low power consumption: 1 µA typical in standby mode
Applications
  • OLED display control
  • RGB LED backlight control
  • Ambient light color temperature sensing

APDS-9250 RGB IR Light Sensor

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionVoltage - SupplyOperating TemperatureMounting TypeAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
SENSOR OPT 550NM AMBIENT 6 SMDAPDS-9250SENSOR OPT 550NM AMBIENT 6 SMD1.7V ~ 3.6V-40°C ~ 85°CSurface Mount9716 - Immediate$2.45View Details
Published: 2019-02-21

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