Color and gesture sensor APDS-9960 breakout

The Color and Gesture Sensor APDS-9960 breakout is a compact and powerful module designed for multiple sensing capabilities. It enables gesture recognition, allowing it to detect movements such as up, down, left, and right. In addition to gestures, it features proximity sensing, accurately measuring the distance of objects within a range of 10 to 20 cm. This makes it ideal for interactive applications and touchless control systems.

Create awesome user inputs with the APDS-9960, the all-in-one sensor that detects gestures, proximity, ambient light, and RGB colors. It’s a way to build smarter, more interactive projects. Whether you’re designing a hands-free user interface, a robot that can sense its surroundings, or a display that automatically adjusts to ambient light, the APDS-9960 provides the multi-faceted sensing capabilities you need.

This sensor, famously used in smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S5, combines four sensing functions into a single compact module. The gesture detection allows you to recognize directional movements (up, down, left, right), while the proximity sensor can detect objects up to 20cm away. The integrated ambient light and RGB color sensor can measure the intensity and color of light, making it perfect for applications like automatic screen brightness adjustment or color sorting robots. With built-in UV and IR filters, you can be sure that your readings are accurate and free from interference.

What makes this breakout special is its seamless integration into our Qwiic ecosystem, allowing for quick connections with all your boards. As with all our products, it’s open-source, with all design files available for you to modify and adapt, plus our 2-year warranty and technical support.