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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/users/adafruit/statuses/111030525421443504">adafruit (adafruit@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:48:01 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@adafruit" title="adafruit@mastodon.cloud"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/108701-48-20230320173828.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="adafruit" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">adafruit</a></section><article><p>PCB of the Day! The VCNL4200 has long-ranging vision 🔍🤖🛠️</p><p>The VCNL4200 proximity sensor <a href="https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/vishay-semiconductor-opto-division/VCNL4200/7394601" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/vishay-semiconductor-opto-division/VCNL4200/7394601</a> , which we found on last weeks The Great Search <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZBgRGVrHO0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZBgRGVrHO0</a> , can detect motion up to 1.5 meters away, and has an I2C interface that makes it an excellent match for a Stemma QT board prototype. Which is what we've got here! Note the IR LED requires an external P FET to drive it!</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2039045#notice-4001473">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-09-09T02:48:01+09:00" title="Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:48:01 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@adafruit/111030525421443504" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.cloud via ActivityPub">mastodon.cloud</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@adafruit/111030525421443504">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1498028">Untitled attachment</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mastodon.cloud/media_attachments/files/111/030/525/018/780/408/original/5e618770ff01a96e.png" rel="external">https://media.mastodon.cloud/media_attachments/files/111/030/525/018/780/408/original/5e618770ff01a96e.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1498030">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><article><header><img height="128" width="128" src="https://gnusocial.jp/thumbnail/1498031?w=128&amp;h=128"><h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZBgRGVrHO0">The Great Search: I2C Infrared Proximity Sensor #TheGreatSearch #digikey #adafruit @DigiKey</a></h5><div> from <span>Adafruit Industries</span></div></header><div>The driver that we used ChatGPT 4 to write is for the VCNL4020 https://www.digikey.com/short/dpz897jj, an 'all in one' IR proximity sensor. These sensors wor...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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adafruit (adafruit@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:48:01 JST adafruit
PCB of the Day! The VCNL4200 has long-ranging vision 🔍🤖🛠️
The VCNL4200 proximity sensor https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/vishay-semiconductor-opto-division/VCNL4200/7394601 , which we found on last weeks The Great Search https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZBgRGVrHO0 , can detect motion up to 1.5 meters away, and has an I2C interface that makes it an excellent match for a Stemma QT board prototype. Which is what we've got here! Note the IR LED requires an external P FET to drive it!
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