RS Components stocking Vishay SensorXplorer ecosystem for user-interface control
The SensorXplorer evaluation kit is based on a universal USB-to-I2C board for connecting individual sensor boards to a host PC. All software and connectors are included with the kit, which is backwards-compatible with existing SensorXplorer boards. The range of sensor boards available from RS supports the selection of sensors in Vishay’s portfolio.
The VCNL4020-SB supports the VCNL4020 sensor, which has proximity capability and adds an ambient-light sensor (ALS) with sensitivity close to that of the human eye. There is also a board for the VCNL4020C, a short-range proximity sensor for distances up to 20mm. For mid-range proximity sensing, the VCNL4035X01-SB operates at up to 500mm and features gesture sensing. The VCNL4040 is supported by the VCNL4040-SB board and offers intelligent cancellation to eliminate crosstalk and implements smart persistence to combine high speed and accuracy. The VCNL4040 also has Vishay’s Filtron technology for near-human spectral sensitivity to ambient light, with integrated background-light cancellation. The VCNL4200-SB supports VCNL4200, development and combines a proximity sensor with range up to 1.5 metres, and an ambient-light sensor with Filtron technology.
Three further sensor boards complete the latest SensorXplorer range. These include the VEML6030-SB for the VEML6030 digital ALS and the VEML6040-SB, which contains a VEML6040 multi-wavelength (RGBW) colour sensor for optimising both the brightness and colour temperature of display backlights for comfortable viewing. Finally, the VEML6075-SB accelerates development with the VEML6075, a sensor that works in both the UV-A (365 nm peak) and UV-B (330 nm peak) spectrums to provide a digital measure of UV intensity. VEML6070-SB (355 nm peak) can be used to evaluate for UVA-only applications.
Apart from the sensor boards, RS has two more Vishay optical sensing options, including the TCUT1630X01 three-channel slotted interrupter. With one infrared emitter and two optical receivers in the usual alignment for transmissive sensing, the TCUT1630X01 has a third receiver in a separate plane to enable “turn and push” encoding, or for detecting an additional indexing tab on a codewheel. Completing the Vishay optical-sensing range, the TCTUT1800X01 is a quad-channel slotted sensor for absolute and incremental encoding.
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