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Not much larger than a grain of rice, this handy light-sensory friend needs some help to be used by people experimenting and without the desire or tools to work with surfaces. Packaged on a circuit board in a STEMMA QT form factor, the BH1750 is equipped with a voltage regulator and level switching circuitry for use with 3.3V devices, such as a Feather M4 or Raspberry Pi, or 5V devices, such as an Arduino . Instead of working with the small contacts on the sensor, the circuit board breaks down all the pins to a standard 2.54mm pitch header. 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Adafruit BH1750 Light Sensor - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
Adafruit BH1750 Light Sensor - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
This is the BH1750 16-bit ambient light sensor from Rohm. Because it is for humans and most other living things, detecting the amount of light in an environment is a common starting point when learning with microcontrollers and sensors. Should we increase the brightness of our display or dim it to save power? In which direction should your robot move to stay in an area with the most light? Is it day or night? You can answer all of these questions with the help of the BH1750. It is a small, powerful and cost-effective light sensor that you can add to your next project to add detection and measurement of light. The BH1750 provides 16-bit light measurements in lux, the SI unit for measuring light, making it easy to compare with other values such as references and measurements from other sensors. The BH1750 can measure from 0 to 65K+ lux, but with some calibration and advanced measurement time adjustment, it can even convincingly measure up to 100,000 lux! Sensors often come in small packages and the BH1750 is no different. Not much larger than a grain of rice, this handy light-sensory friend needs some help to be used by people experimenting and without the desire or tools to work with surfaces. Packaged on a circuit board in a STEMMA QT form factor, the BH1750 is equipped with a voltage regulator and level switching circuitry for use with 3.3V devices, such as a Feather M4 or Raspberry Pi, or 5V devices, such as an Arduino . Instead of working with the small contacts on the sensor, the circuit board breaks down all the pins to a standard 2.54mm pitch header. To make things easier and a bit more flexible, they've also included SparkFun Qwiic compatible STEMMA QT connectors for the I2C bus, so you don't even have to solder.
Product Features
- The BH1750 provides 16-bit light measurements in Lux
- The SI unit for measuring light, making it easy to compare with other values such as references and measurements from other sensors.< /li>
- A voltage regulator and level switching circuitry allows use with 3.3V devices, such as a Feather M4 or Raspberry Pi, or 5V devices, such as an Arduino
- Instead of the small contacts on the Sensor to work, the PCB breaks all pins to a standard 2.54mm pitch header.
- No soldering required, simply plug in a compatible cable and attach it to your MCU of choice, and you can load some software and measure some light.
