Like the subject says, what kind of sensor is this, really?
So this GY-39 board was full of surprises; the listing said BME280+MAX44009 and I got .. not that.. There is limited documenation about the board.
Using an i2c scanner sketch, I determined that this board has 3 i2c devices at 0x53
, 0x70
, and 0x76
. The SHTC3 works with adafruit-shtc3 and the SPL06 has SPL06-007. I prefer the BME280, but as long as I get reasonably accurate temperature, humidity, and pressure readings it's ok.
Unfortunately none of the MAX44009 libraries and demo sketches I could find (luxmeter, max44009_test) want to have anything to do with the ambient light sensor. Not surprising, since the MAX44009 is supposed to be at 0x4a
or 0x4b
.
I spent a while looking for datasheets of i2c ambient light sensors whose i2c address is 0x53
, as well as just looking at photos of i2c ambient light sensors... there's some resemblance to some Vishay and Broadcom products, but I haven't found a good match. Just for fun, I tried a few of the libraries for these products and didn't get any sensible results (eg. covered with my hand or pointing a flashlight right at the sensor would return a constant).
So I ask you, my fellow nerds and hackers... do any of you know what this light sensor really is?