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TSL2561 Luminosity Sensor Downloads

TSL2561 Luminosity Sensor

by lady ada

published July 29, 2012, last edited January 22, 2025

posted in Adafruit Products Sensors/ Light

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TSL2561 Datasheet
TSL2561 Driver v2.0 (Unified Sensor Driver) - See http://learn.adafruit.com/tsl2561/use for installation instructions
TSL2561 Driver v1.0 on github (obsolete!)
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