Grove - Sunlight sensor (visible light and infrared light) - SI1151

Description

Grove - Sunlight Sensor is a multi-channel digital light sensor, which has the ability to detect visible light and infrared light. It offers excellent performance under a wide dynamic range and a variety of light sources including direct sunlight. Suitable for your Raspberry Pi weather station or smart irrigation system using Arduino if you need to monitor the visible spectrum.

Features

- Multi-channel digital light sensor: can detect visible light and infrared light

- Wide spectrum detection range: 280-950nm

- Easy to use: I2C Interface(7-bit), compatible with Grove port, just plug-and-play

- Programmable configuration: Versatile for various applications

- Low power consumption: 3.3/5V Supply, suitable for many microcontrollers and SBCs

Description

This device is based on SI1151, a new sensor from SiLabs. The Si1151 is a low-power, reflectance-based, infrared proximity and ambient light sensor with an I2C digital interface and programmable event interrupt output. This device offers excellent performance under a wide dynamic range and a variety of light sources including direct sunlight.

Grove - Sunlight Sensor includes an onboard Grove connector, which helps you to connect it to your Arduino easily. You can use this device for making some projects that need to detect light for your Raspberry Pi weather station, or a smart irrigation system using Arduino if you need to monitor the visible spectrum.

You can connect your Grove to these recommended development boards:

- Seeed Studio XIAO RP2040

- Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840

- Seeed Studio XIAO SAMD21

- Wio-E5 CAN Development Kit

Applications

- Light detection

- Smart irrigation system

- DIY weather station

Technical Details

- Operating Voltage: 3.0-5.5V

- Working current: 3.5mA

- Wave length: 280-950nm

- Operating Temperature: -45-85oC

Part List

1 * Grove - Sunlight Sensor

1 * Grove Cable