Description
The sensor is equipped with an OLED color display which shows some sensor information and the measured by the sensor values. This makes the sensor suitable to use as an independent measuring instrument.
Technical specifications:
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- Measuring range light intensity: 0 .. 188,000 lux
- Measuring range colour: RGB in 0 .. 65,535 range
- Measuring range UV index: 0 .. 11
- Resolution light intensity: varies exponentially
- Resolution colour: 1 count
- Resolution UV index: 0.1
- Spectral range: 400 .. 840nm
- Warrantee: 24 months
- Maximal sampling rate: 100 Hz
- Battery life: 12h when full (rechargeable)
- Connection: Bluetooth 5, Low Energy (Mac, Android, iOS) Bluetooth 2.1, Classic (Windows) or USB-C 2.0
Full sensor specifications can be found in the Product Manual, see Downloads.
Suggested physics and chemistry experiments:
- Verifying inverse square law
- Observing darkening of a solution caused by a chemical reaction
- Investigating reflection and absorption light
- Studying weather – monitoring sunrise and sunset times
- Studying solar energy
and digital applications (as a light gate) such as:
- Measuring the acceleration due to gravity
- Measuring the speed of a moving cart
