{"product_id":"ltr-559-light-proximity-sensor-breakout","title":"LTR-559 Light \u0026 Proximity Sensor Breakout","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's ideal for an automatic \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emanual nightlight switch that detects when ambient light drops below a certain level and automatically tiggers something like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eUnicorn pHAT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto come on, or just wave your hand over it to toggle the light on or off manually using proximity sensing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LTR-559 Light and Proximity Sensor Breakout has an I2C interface and is 3.3V or 5V compatible. Like our other\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePimoroni breakouts, we've designed it 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's also compatible with our fancy new\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBreakout Garden, where using breakouts is as easy just popping it into one of the six slots and starting to grow your project, create, and code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCheck out our full range of Breakout's and Breakout Garden's \u003c\/span\u003ehere\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLite-On LTR-559ALS-01 sensor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI2C interface (address: 0x23)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIR\/UV-filtering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50.60Hz flicker rejection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e0.01 lux to 64,000 lux light detection range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e~5cm proximity detection range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.3V or 5V compatible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReverse polarity protection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaspberry Pi-compatible pinout (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompatible with Raspberry Pi 3B+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePython library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDatasheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKit includes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLTR-559 Light and Proximity Sensor Breakout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1x5 male header\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1x5 female right angle header\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSoftware\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've put together a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePython 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 19x19x3mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pimoroni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56199993983298,"sku":"knu1789700586211","price":6.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/4392\/0450\/files\/ltr-559-light-proximity-sensor-breakout_1.jpg?v=1789700592","url":"https:\/\/bouclebox.shop\/products\/ltr-559-light-proximity-sensor-breakout","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}