20-08-2025 | Mouser Electronics | Test & Measurement
Mouser Electronics, Inc. now offers the VEML6046X00 colour sensor from Vishay Semiconductors. The device is the industry's first automotive-qualified, surface-mount, high-accuracy 16-bit, RGBIR colour sensor with an I2C interface. This device is perfect for display backlight controls, infotainment systems, rear-view mirror dimming, lighting control systems, and colour recognition in automotive applications.
The colour sensor features highly sensitive photodiodes, a low-noise amplifier, and a 16-bit A/D converter that supports an easy-to-use I2C bus communication interface and further interrupt features. With separate red, green, blue, and IR channels, the sensor permits for the calculation of the colour temperature to allow white point balancing for displays in an automotive-grade device that is RoHS compliant and halogen-free and available in a miniature, low profile, opaque, surface-mount package (2.67mm × 2.45mm × 0.6mm3 (L × W × H), operating at a 2.5V to 3.6V supply voltage range.
The human eye-like spectral sensitivity of the device's green channel ensures highly accurate measurements, while the IR channel enables a stable output over a wide range of light sources. With an ambient light range from 0 lx to 176 klx, the sensor will not saturate in daylight, while its high sensitivity of 0.0053 lx/ct permits the device to be placed behind dark cover glass.
Also available is the Vishay Semiconductors VEML6046X00-SB sensor board, a compact and versatile evaluation platform created to demonstrate the capabilities of the VEML6046X00 high-accuracy colour sensor. The VEML6046X00-SB board is designed to work with the Vishay SensorXplorer, which enables connection to the USB port of a PC.
