Our Newest Sensor Has a Real Eye for Ambient Light
The VEML7700 Ambient Light Sensor looks good in SparkFun Red! Stick around to check out our new DE9 Connector Breakouts.
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Friday Product Post here at SparkFun Electronics! This week, we have an eclectic selection of products to show you, from our new VEML7700 Qwiic Ambient Light Sensor that just moved up from SparkX, to two new DE9 Connector Breakouts available in both Male and Female options, as well as four different diodes, resistors, and capacitors. There's quite a bit to get through this week, so let's jump in and take a closer look at each of them!
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The SparkFun Qwiic VEML7700 Ambient Light Sensor provides accurate, 16-bit ambient light readings from 0 to 167,000 lux via the I2C interface. This miniature sensor (6.8mm x 3.0mm x 2.5mm) features a high-sensitivity photodiode, a low-noise amplifier, and a 16-bit analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. Its unshifted 7-bit I2C address is 0x10.
The SparkFun DE9 Breakouts are simple breakout boards featuring a male or female DE9 (commonly referred to as DB9) connectors. Each board comes with the DE9 connector pre-soldered and routes all nine of the connector's pins, along with two extra ground connections to a 0.1in.-spaced plated through-hole header.
This is a common MOSFET with very low on-resistance and a control voltage (aka gate voltage) that is compatible with any 3-5V microcontroller or mechanical switch. This allows you to control high-power devices with very low-power control mechanisms.
The SS14 is a high-performance, surface-mount Schottky barrier rectifier perfect for a wide range of electronic applications. This diode has been designed for high efficiency, combining a high forward current of 1A with a low forward voltage drop of only 0.5V.
This is a high-precision 1k Ohm resistor in a compact, 0603 surface-mount package.
This is a general-purpose 1.0µF surface-mount ceramic capacitor, a fundamental component for any electronics project. It's most commonly used for decoupling and power supply filtering.
That's it for this week at SparkFun. As always, we can't wait to see what you make! Shoot us a tweet @sparkfun, or let us know on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn. Please be safe out there, be kind to one another! Happy hacking!
