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Adafruit APDS9960 Shield ########################

Overview


The Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor Shield_ features a Broadcom APDS9960 sensor_ and two STEMMA QT connectors.

.. figure:: adafruit_apds9960.webp :align: center :alt: Adafruit APDS9960 Shield

Adafruit APDS9960 Shield (Credit: Adafruit)

Requirements


This shield can be used with boards which provide an I2C connector, for example STEMMA QT or Qwiic connectors. The target board must define a zephyr_i2c node label. See :ref:shields for more details.

Pin Assignments

+--------------+------------------------+ | Shield Pin | Function | +==============+========================+ | SDA | APDS9960 I2C SDA | +--------------+------------------------+ | SCL | APDS9960 I2C SCL | +--------------+------------------------+ | INT | APDS9960 interrupt out | +--------------+------------------------+

In order to use interrupts you need to connect a separate wire from the shield to a GPIO pin on your microcontroller board. See :dtcompatible:avago,apds9960 for documentation on how to adjust the devicetree file.

Programming


Set --shield adafruit_apds9960 when you invoke west build. For example when running the :zephyr:code-sample:apds9960 proximity and light sample:

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/sensor/apds9960 :board: adafruit_qt_py_rp2040 :shield: adafruit_apds9960 :goals: build

.. _Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor Shield: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-apds9960-breakout

.. _Broadcom APDS9960 sensor: https://www.broadcom.com/products/optical-sensors/integrated-ambient-light-and-proximity-sensors/apds-9960