OPT3002 – Light/digital IC provides optical power measurements

Distributor Mouser Electronics has Texas Instruments’ OPT3002 light-to-digital sensor; the device promises improved system performance over standard photodiodes and photoresistors. The fully-integrated OPT3002 delivers the functionality of an optical power meter all within a single small device.
Offering a wide spectral bandwidth, flexible and automated light measuring over a 23-bit effective dynamic range, and a simplified software and set-up configuration, this low-power optical sensor is suited for use in optical spectral systems that require detection of a variety of wavelengths, such as optically-based diagnostic systems, or even as a low-power, battery-operated wake-up sensor.