Adafruit TSL2561 Digital Luminosity Sensor Breakout

TSL2561 Digital Luminosity Sensor is an advanced digital light sensor, ideal for use in a wide range of light situations. Compared to low cost CdS cells, this sensor is more precise, allowing for exact lux calculations and can be configured for different gain/timing ranges to detect light ranges from up to 0.1 – 40,000+ Lux on the fly.

The best part of this sensor is that it contains both infrared and full spectrum diodes!. That means you can separately measure infrared, full-spectrum or human-visible light. Most sensors can only detect one or the other, which does not accurately represent what human eyes see (since we cannot perceive the IR light that is detected by most photo diodes).

Technical Details:

• Approximates Human eye Response
• Precisely Measures Illuminance in Diverse Lighting Conditions
• Temperature range: -30 to 80 *C
• Dynamic range (Lux): 0.1 to 40,000 Lux
• Voltage range: 2.7-3.6V
• Interface: I2C
• This board/chip uses I2C 7-bit addresses 0x39, 0x29, 0x49, selectable with jumpers.
• Weight: 3g
• Dimensions: 16.5 x 19 x 1mm

Documents:

• TSL2561 Datasheet
• Drivers, Library, EagleCAD PCB files for breakout version
• TSL2561 Tutorial