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Looking for a Qwiic sensor that can measure the ambient light level directly in lux? This is it! The VEML7700 is a high accuracy, 16-bit resolution, digital ambient light sensor in a miniature...

Looking for a Qwiic sensor that can measure the ambient light level directly in lux? This is it! The VEML7700 is a high accuracy, 16-bit resolution, digital ambient light sensor in a miniature transparent 6.8 mm x 3.0 mm x 2.5 mm package. It includes a high sensitivity photodiode, a low noise amplifier, a 16-bit A/D converter and supports an easy to use I2C bus communication interface. FiltronTM technology adaption: close to real human eye response O-TrimTM technology adoption: ALS output...

We've all been there; you load up your project with a bunch of LEDs, only to discover that none have the same brightnesses. Some are way too dim to see, while others require sunglasses to not be...

We've all been there; you load up your project with a bunch of LEDs, only to discover that none have the same brightnesses. Some are way too dim to see, while others require sunglasses to not be blinded! Even we have experienced this problem with prototypes, so we recently standardized all resistor values for each of our LEDs (you can read more about that process in this blog post). In the process, we created this board to test each of our LEDs side by side. We realized that our customers...

Controller Area Network (CAN bus) continues to be a popular communication standard in all sorts of applications from passenger vehicles to lighting control and building automation. This MicroMod...

Controller Area Network (CAN bus) continues to be a popular communication standard in all sorts of applications from passenger vehicles to lighting control and building automation. This MicroMod function board allows you to add CAN networking to your next MicroMod project. The CAN communications are handled by the MCP2515 stand-alone CAN controller paired up with an MCP2551 high-speed CAN transceiver. The MCP2515 is a very popular IC for CAN Bus, which means there are a variety of Arduino...

It's easy to get used to the idea that RGB LEDs can emit millions of colors, and practically speaking, this is true enough. On the other hand, spectroscopically, they only emit three: Red,...

It's easy to get used to the idea that RGB LEDs can emit millions of colors, and practically speaking, this is true enough. On the other hand, spectroscopically, they only emit three: Red, Green-ish, and Blue. Do you really care if the cyan and pink mood lighting in your gaming room is an illusion? Probably not. But sometimes there's no substitute for the real thing. The Qwiic Visible Spectrum Emitter combines 9 discrete LEDs spanning the visible spectrum from 455 to 720nm. Each LED emits...

Need a power sensor that can sense voltage up to 60VDC and current up to 30A? This is the product for you! The Allegro MicroSystems ACS37800 power monitoring IC greatly simplifies the addition of...

Need a power sensor that can sense voltage up to 60VDC and current up to 30A? This is the product for you! The Allegro MicroSystems ACS37800 power monitoring IC greatly simplifies the addition of power monitoring to many powered systems and is ideal for heavy current applications like: Monitoring the power drawn by a 3D-printer Monitoring the power drawn from a UAV battery Battery charging / conditioning Solar / photovoltaic panel power monitoring Allegro’s Hall-effect-based, galvanically...