Component: Ambient Light (BH1750FVI) (Light)

Author	Matrix TSL
Version	1.0
Category	Light

Ambient Light component

A small PCB surface mount ambient light sensor with a I2C bus interface. Spectral responsibility is approximately human eye response. Wide range and High resolution. ( 1 - 65535 lx )

Component Source Code

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Examples

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Macro reference

ContinuousMeasurement

	ContinuousMeasurement
Powers up and starts the continous measurement mode. Delays in between measurements readings must be provided by the user,
- BYTE	Resolution
0=1lx (120ms) / 1=0.5lx (120ms) / 2 = 4lx (16ms)
- VOID	Return

OneTimeMeasurement

	OneTimeMeasurement
Powers up and starts a single measurement before returning to power down mode. Waits for the measurement to be ready and returns the value.
- BYTE	Resolution
0=1lx (120ms) / 1=0.5lx (120ms) / 2 = 4lx (16ms)
- UINT	Return

PowerDown

	PowerDown
Power Down the Device
- VOID	Return

ChangeMeasurementTime

	ChangeMeasurementTime
Adjusts the measurement result to counteract influence of the optical window.
- BYTE	Sensitvity
Range: 31-254 / Default: 69
- VOID	Return

ReadMeasurement

	ReadMeasurement
Reads data from the Light Sensor as a 16-bit value.
- UINT	Return

ResetMeasurement

	ResetMeasurement
Resets the device measurement register, Must be in the powered up state to do this.
- VOID	Return

Initialise

	Initialise
Stes up the I2C bus and initialises the termperature sensor ready for use.
- VOID	Return

Property reference

	Properties
	I2C Properties
	Slave Address
	Channel
Channel selection
	SDA
Pin used for SDA (data signal)
	SCL
Pin used for SCL (clock signal)
	DVI Pin
Pin used to reset the device.
	Baud Select
Baud rate option selector
	Baud Rate
Baud rate to be used
	Stop Delay
On older microcontroller devices there is a potential for the I2C hardware channel to lock up if there is not a 10ms delay between an I2C stop event and the next I2C start event. Most modern microcontrollers will not have a problem so this property can be disabled to speed up the I2C communications.
	Simulation
	Simulate Comms
Allows the simulation data to come from the panel GUI or relayed via an injector component.