VCNL4010 Proximity/Light sensor - Adafruit

The VCNL4010 sensor is a nice way to add a small-distance proximity sensor to your microcontroller project. For longer distances (in the range of cm, you can use a SHARP IR distance sensor, but those are only good if the object is over 10 cm away. The VCNL4010 is designed for much shorter distances, no more than 200mm (about 7.5") and under our experimentation we found it worked best at distances of about 10-150mm. It would be good for say detecting when a hand moved nearby, or before a robot smacks into a wall. The sensor also has an ambient light sensor built in.

This sensor is easy to use with any microcontroller that has i2c capability. It is 5 volt compliant so you can use it with 3.3V or 5V logic with no risk of damage. There is an onboard 3.3V ultra low dropout regulator so you can power it with 3.3 to 5.0V. However, if you can give it 5.0V that is ideal since the VIN voltage powers the IR LED and the higher the voltage you can give it, the more powerful it is.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Check out our tutorial guide for all the details on how to use the VCNL4010 in both Arduino and CircuitPython. We have wiring diagrams, code, examples, datasheets and more!

• PCB dimensions: 18mm x 16.5mm (0.7" x 0.6")
• Thickness including tallest SMT components: ~3.15mm (0.125")
• Thickness of PCB: 1.75mm / 0.070"
• This board/chip uses I2C 7-bit address 0x13

Datasheets for the VCNL4000 version of this board:

• VCNL4000 datasheet
• VCNL4000 App Note
• VCNL4000 Product sheet
  
• If you have the original VCNL4000 version of this breakout, this github repo has an Arduino sketch for it. Not for use with the VCNL4010!

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