HiLetgo 2PCS APDS-9960 RGB Gesture Sensor Module - Hand Gesture Recognition, Moving Direction, Ambient Light, Proximity Sensor

Gesture recognition is not functional at all. Definitely is not a real apds9960.

Things to know when setting up the module:The I2C address is 39The Chip ID is 0x9E ( Arduino libraries are set for 0xAB)The VL (ir power) needs to be driven high, or the PS jumper pads need to be shorted to supply power)I did not need the additional I2c pullups (PU jumpers)The UP orientation is away from the pins.Have fun!I tested with the esp32-c3 with Wire pins set for SCL=5, SDA=6.

APDS9960 – Not Expected Chip IDThe Adafruit_APDS9960 library has the chip ID hardcoded, and it checks the sensor ID when initializing the module. If you have a different one, it won’t initialize properly.To fix this, follow these steps:- Open the Arduino IDE installation folder and navigate to the libraries directory.- Locate the Adafruit_APDS9960_Library folder.- Inside it, open the Adafruit_APDS9960.cpp file.- Comment the following lines so that it ignores that you have a different chip ID (lines 100 to 104). Or replace with your chip ID.

Both samples really deflective - Not just one but both bad; they both did initialize. This shows bad material and or workmanship.I got two samples in this APDS-9960 order. I ran both on Arduino Uno and ESP32 and has the same results on both ESP and Arduino. Both had very disappointing failure results. I ran instructions form several web sites. Both samples initialized with confirmation.Sample 1: After not working for a while it would all of a sudden start working at 20% or less functionality with less than 25% accuracy when it got something; some of directions had almost impossible registration at 5% or less of the time.Sample 2: would register but never produce a single interrupt for any direction.

I used the Sparkfun library for this and it works great. I use it to swipe through menus on an OLED thermostat. The library has code for basic genstures but according to Adafruit more complex gestures are possible. It’s definitely a step up over using buttons and works perfectly.

Both sensors were not working as designed. I was able to connect to the sensor and get readings, but all the values are zero. No proximity/gestures were working, nor was the light sensor. Incredibly disappointed. If you're intending to use this to measure the amount of light in a completely dark room it'll be accurate, but any time there's actual light you're trying to measure, it probably won't work.

This is a great 3 or 4-in-1 sensor. I hooked it up to an ESP32 and within minutes had it reading RGB values (see photo), proximity (see video) and hand gestures (e.g. moving left/right/up/down, moving closer/farther). For this price I could not have hoped for better performance or quality.

After spending many hours trying to get these boards to work with an Arduino Nano ESP32 (tried different libraries, etc...), neither one would even initialize. Very disappointing.