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Optoelectronic Sensors, Switches and Receivers
News Release from: Intersil | Subject: ISL29010 and ISL29013
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 April 2008
Ambient light sensors promise easy
application
Devices provide a simple way to improve efficiency and functionality in end products by enabling applications to automatically adjust to varying light conditions.
Intersil has released two devices it reckons are the industry's easiest-to-use light-to-digital sensors, designed to increase battery life and deliver enhanced functionality and performance in mobile, computer and consumer electronic products The new ISL29010 and ISL29013 are highly accurate sensors that measure and digitise the value of ambient light and then allow access to that information through a standard I2C interface
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This is accomplished by integrating a full light-to-digital solution that includes specially tuned photodiodes to remove all unwanted IR noise, a signed 15bit integrating ADC that allows for low-light sensitivity and automatic noise cancellation.
The ISL29010 and ISL29013 feature gain selection, giving designers the ability to select the dynamic range and low-light sensitivity that best matches the needs of their application.
This software-enabled functionality to choose between low-light sensitivity and wider dynamic range ensures maximum performance as well as unmatched flexibility.
The devices operate from 2.5 to 3.3V supplies and require supply current of just 250uA, which is lower than any other light-to-digital sensor ICs currently available.
In addition, a power-down mode can be controlled by software via the I2C interface, reducing power consumption to less than 1uA.
Both versions incorporate a signed 15bit ADC to convert small current signals in the presence of AC periodic noise.
The ADC provides users with flexible integration or conversion time through either internal or external modes and can reject 50Hz and 60Hz flicker caused by external sources.
Users can program the lux range for optimised counts per lux.
As an added feature, the ISL29013 includes an interrupt pin so users can set threshold values to detect specific low or high light thresholds.
The ISL29010 includes an address selection pin so two light sensors can be used on the same I2C bus.
The ISL29010 and ISL29013 are available now in 6-lead ODFN packages (2 x 2.1mm).
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