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# Adafruit Proximity Trinkey - USB APDS9960 Sensor Dev Board

**Brand:** Adafruit

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## Pricing

- **Price:** $20.02
- **Stock:** In stock
- **Local warehouse:** 2 units
- **Supplier (Adafruit):** 31 units
- **SKU:** AF-5022

## Description

The Adafruit Proximity Trinkey is a tiny USB-A development board built around the APDS9960 multi-function sensor and an ATSAMD21 microcontroller. Plug it into any USB port and you instantly have proximity, colour, ambient light, and gesture sensing — plus two NeoPixel LEDs and two capacitive touch pads — all programmable with CircuitPython or Arduino. Over USB, the Trinkey can act as a serial console, MIDI device, HID keyboard/mouse, or a small disk drive for storing Python scripts. It's ideal for projects that use motion or light sensing as intuitive input — wave your hand to trigger actions, detect object colour, or sense ambient brightness. Key Features APDS9960 Sensor – Proximity (up to ~15 cm), RGB colour sensing, ambient light sensing, and basic gesture detection via integrated IR LED and photodiodes ATSAMD21E18 Processor – 48 MHz 32-bit Cortex M0+ with 256 KB Flash and 32 KB RAM USB-A Plug – Plugs directly into any USB port; appears as serial, MIDI, HID, or disk drive 2 RGB NeoPixel LEDs – Customisable glow for status feedback or ambiance 2 Capacitive Touch Pads – Left and right touch inputs on the slotted end Reset Button – Enter bootloader mode or restart code CircuitPython and Arduino Support – Libraries available for APDS9960, NeoPixel, and FreeTouch APDS9960 Sensing Capabilities Proximity – Detects objects up to ~15 cm away using reflected IR light RGB Colour – Identifies colours of bright, reflective objects Ambient Light – Measures room brightness Gesture – Basic 4-directional gesture recognition using cardinal photodiodes Configurable Interrupt – Fires when proximity or colour thresholds are crossed Ideal For Gesture-controlled computer interfaces Colour detection and sorting projects Ambient light-responsive desktop lighting Simple HID input devices triggered by proximity or touch Package Contents 1× Adafruit Proximity Trinkey (assembled)

**Product Type:** physical

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