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Full machine-readable index: https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt # Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic **Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA3595 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia) **Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/adafruit-apds9960-proximity-light-rgb-and-gesture-sensor.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/adafruit-apds9960-proximity-light-rgb-and-gesture-sensor.html.md)) This breakout is chock full o' sensors! Add basic gesture sensing, RGB color sensing, proximity sensing, or ambient light sensing to your project with the Adafruit... ## Pricing - **Price:** $13.85 (inc GST) — $12.59 AUD, exc GST - **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $12.21 (exc GST) · 50+ $11.96 (exc GST) ## Availability & dispatch - In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM (Australia/Sydney). - We can dispatch 3 today, and up to 500 more in 8–12 days. ## How to buy - **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=ADA3595:1` (comma-separated SKU:qty pairs) and share the link. Opening it shows a confirmation page with live pricing and stock before anything is added to the cart. - **Verify the cart first:** fetch `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link/ADA3595:1.md` for live line prices (inc & exc GST, quantity discounts applied), stock and dispatch estimates, and totals. Append `/to/{AU-postcode}` (or `/to/{country-code}:{postcode}`) before `.md` for delivery options and prices to that destination. Unknown, retired, or out-of-stock SKUs are flagged. (Query form `cart/link.md?items=...` also works but some robots parsers refuse query strings here.) - **Checkout** is completed on-site and includes a captcha at the payment step. Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there. - **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works) - **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt ## Description This breakout is chock full o' sensors! Add basic gesture sensing, RGB color sensing, proximity sensing, or ambient light sensing to your project with the Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor. When connected to your microcontroller (running Adafruits library code) it can detect simple gestures (left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up are currently supported), return the amount of red, blue, green, and clear light, or return how close an object is to the front of the sensor. This device uses an I2C interface so it's easy to wire up and use. The APDS9960 from Avago Technologies has an integrated IR LED and driver, along with four directional photodiodes that sense reflected IR energy from the LED. Its proximity detection feature allows it to measure the distance an object is from the front of the sensor (up to a few centimeters) with 8-bit resolution. Since there are four IR sensors, you can measure the changes in light reflectance at each of the cardinal locations over time and turn those changes into gestures. Adafruit's interface library can detect directional gestures (left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up), but in theory more complicated gestures like zig-zag, clockwise or counterclockwise circle, near to far, etc. could also be detected with additional code. The APDS9960 has a configurable interrupt that can fire when a certain proximity threshold is broken, or when a color sensor breaks a certain threshold. For your convenience, Adafruit have pick-and-placed the sensor on a PCB with a 3.3V regulator and some level shifting so it can be easily used with your favorite 3.3V *or* 5V microcontroller. New! Adafruit have updated this board to be STEMMA QT compatible. Adafruit have now included [SparkFun qwiic](https://core-electronics.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=qwiic) compatible [STEMMA QT](https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-adafruit-stemma-qt) connectors for the I2C bus so you don't even need to solder! [Just wire up to your favorite microcontroller or computer with a plug-and-play QT cable](https://core-electronics.com.au/#) to light/color/proximity data ASAP. [QT Cable is not included, but Adafruit have a variety in the shop](https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=stemma+qt+cable). [Adafurit have also prepared a guide and software library to get you up and running in Arduino IDE with just a few lines of code!](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-apds9960-breakout) ### Technical Details Revision History: ***As of March 16, 2020*** - Adafruit have updated this sensor to Adafruit's 0.7" x 1.0" STEMMA QT standard for sensors. There are now four mounting holes and two STEMMA QT connectors for plug-and-play connectivity! The schematic and pinout are the same, only the mechanical shape has changed. ## Images - [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/a/d/ada3595-1.jpg)