Optical sensors
Achieve high performance within light and proximity sensing applications
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Help your system understand its surroundings through the use of ambient light sensors, color sensors and proximity sensors. Our portfolio of light sensors allows you to achieve excellent spectral matching and offers a high quality user experience. With the use of our customizable proximity sensing technology, designers can add long-range distance measurements and obstacle detection and avoidance.
Why choose our optical sensors?
Fast conversion time
Quickly understand the environment around the system in order to adjust lighting and brightness with extreme speed.
Versatile packaging
Our multitude of package options, including the industry's thinnest package, allows placement in size restrictive and automotive applications.
High dynamic range
Our optical sensing ranges from 312uLux to 167kLux enabling use in a variety of lighting conditions including dim, bright, and behind covered material.
Customizable proximity sensing
Detect near and far objects of various shapes, sizes, colors, materials, and reflectivity levels in a wide or narrow field of view (FoV).
Technical resources
TI Precision labs - Light sensors
How to Select a Light Sensor for Your Application (Rev. C)
TI Precision labs - Time of flight training series
Design & development resources
OPT3101 system estimator tool
The OPT3101 system estimator tool analyzes the performance of the OPT3101, which is a time-of-flight (ToF)-based, long-range proximity and distance sensor analog front end (AFE). The tool determines if the OPT3101 is able to meet design requirements under various conditions.