SparkFun Ambient Light Sensor Breakout TEMT6000

Basic breakout board for the TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor. TEMT6000 is a silicon NPN epitaxial planar phototransistor in a miniature transparent mold for surface mounting onto a printed circuit board. The device is sensitive to the visible spectrum. Only what you need, nothing you don’t. Sensor acts like a transistor – the greater the incoming light, the higher the analog voltage on the signal pin. 

Applications: 

1. Ambient light sensor for display backlight dimming in: 
2. Mobile phones 
3. Notebook computers 
4. PDA’s 
5. Cameras 
6. Dashboards 

 

Package Includes: 

1 x SparkFun Ambient Light Sensor Breakout – TEMT6000