Grove - Sunlight Sensor

Summer is coming, want to make a UV detector to know the UV index when you are under the sun? Grove - Sunlight Sensor is recommend here.

Grove - Sunlight Sensor is a multi-channel digital light sensor, which has the ability to detect UV-light, visible light and infrared light.

This device is based on SI1145, a new sensor from SiLabs. The Si1145 is a low-power, reflectance-based, infrared proximity, UV index and ambient light sensor with I2C digital interface and programmable-event interrupt output. This device offers excellent performance under a wide dynamic range and a variety of light sources including direct sunlight.

Grove - Sunlight Sensor include an on-bard Grove connector, which help you to connect it your Arduino easily. You can use this device for making some project which need to detect the light, such as a simple UV detector.

Features

• Digital light sensor
• Wide spectrum detection range
• Programmable configuration
• 3.3/5V Supply
• Detect sunlight directly
• Grove compatible
• I2C Interface (7-bit)
• Product number: Seeed 101020089

Specifications

• Operating Voltage: 3.0-5.5V
• Working current: 3.5mA
• Wave length: 280-950nm
• Operating Temperature: -45-85oC

Resources

• Product Wiki