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Ambient 8 click

Ambient 8 click is equipped with the ambient light sensor (ALS) IC, providing measurements of the ambient light intensity in a digital format. It utilizes the LTR-329ALS-01, an ALS with the I2C interface.

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Click library

Software Support

We provide a library for the Ambient8 Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly form compilers IDE(recommended way), or downloaded from our LibStock, or found on mikroE github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for Ambient8 Click driver.

Standard key functions :

Example key functions :

Examples Description

This example collects data from the sensor, calculates the light intensity and then logs it.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initializes device and I2C driver.

void application_init ( void )
{
log_cfg_t log_cfg;
// Logger initialization.
log_cfg.level = LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG;
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, "---- Application Init ----" );
// Click initialization.
AMBIENT8_MAP_MIKROBUS( cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
ambient8_init( &ambient8, &cfg );
window_factor = 1.0;
IR_factor = 0.0;
}

Application Task

Performs Lux calculation based on window and IR factor and log results.

void application_task ( void )
{
status_flag = ambient8_get_lux_level( &ambient8, &lux_level, window_factor, IR_factor );
if ( status_flag == 0 )
{
log_printf( &logger, "Lux level : %.2f lx\r\n", lux_level );
}
}

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly form compilers IDE(recommneded) or found on LibStock page or mikroE GitHub accaunt.

Other mikroE Libraries used in the example:

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. The terminal available in all Mikroelektronika compilers, or any other terminal application of your choice, can be used to read the message.