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Proximity 9 click

Proximity 9 click is a very accurate and reliable proximity sensing (PS) and ambient light sensing (ALS) device, equipped with the VCNL4040, an integrated PS and ALS sensor which features the Filtron™ technology.

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Click library

  • Author : MikroE Team
  • Date : Dec 2019.
  • Type : I2C type

Software Support

We provide a library for the Proximity9 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 Proximity9 Click driver.

Standard key functions :

  • Config Object Initialization function.

    void proximity9_cfg_setup ( proximity9_cfg_t *cfg );

  • Initialization function.

    PROXIMITY9_RETVAL proximity9_init ( proximity9_t *ctx, proximity9_cfg_t *cfg );

  • Click Default Configuration function.

    void proximity9_default_cfg ( proximity9_t *ctx );

Example key functions :

  • INT Pin Check function

    uint8_t proximity9_check_int_pin ( proximity9_t *ctx );

  • INT Flag Check function

    uint8_t proximity9_check_int_flag ( proximity9_t *ctx, uint8_t bit_mask );

  • ALS Get function

    float proximity9_get_als_lux ( proximity9_t *ctx );

Examples Description

This application is proximity sensing (PS) and ambient light sensing (ALS) device.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initializes I2C interface and performs a device configurations.

void application_init ( void )
{
log_cfg_t log_cfg;
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, "---- Application Init ----" );
// Click initialization.
PROXIMITY9_MAP_MIKROBUS( cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
proximity9_init( &proximity9, &cfg );
proximity9_default_cfg( &proximity9 );
log_printf( &logger, "** Proximity 9 is initialized ** \r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, "************************************ \r\n" );
Delay_ms ( 300 );
}

Application Task

Performs a data reading and interrupt flag checking. Allows data and interrupt flags messages to be showed on the uart terminal.

{
uint8_t int_check;
uint16_t prox_data;
float als_data;
uint8_t temp;
als_data = proximity9_get_als_lux( &proximity9 );
proximity9_read_register( &proximity9, PROXIMITY9_PS_DATA_REG, &prox_data );
int_check = proximity9_check_int_flag( &proximity9, temp );
log_printf( &logger, "** ALS: %.2f lux \r\n", als_data );
log_printf( &logger, "** PROXIMITY: %d \r\n", prox_data );
if ( int_check == PROXIMITY9_PS_IF_CLOSE_FLAG )
{
log_printf( &logger, "** Object is close! \r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, "************************************ \r\n" );
Delay_ms ( 200 );
}
if ( int_check == PROXIMITY9_PS_IF_AWAY_FLAG )
{
log_printf( &logger, "** Object is away!\r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, "************************************ \r\n" );
Delay_ms ( 200 );
}
if ( int_check == PROXIMITY9_INT_CLEARED )
{
log_printf( &logger, "************************************ \r\n" );
Delay_ms ( 200 );
}
}

Note

The ALS sensitivity depends on the ALS integration time setting. The longer integration time has higher sensitivity. The Proximity (PS) output data can be set to 12-bit or 16-bit resolution.

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:

  • MikroSDK.Board
  • MikroSDK.Log
  • Click.Proximity9

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.


proximity9_cfg_t
Click configuration structure definition.
Definition: proximity9.h:226
PROXIMITY9_PS_IF_AWAY_FLAG
#define PROXIMITY9_PS_IF_AWAY_FLAG
Definition: proximity9.h:182
PROXIMITY9_MAP_MIKROBUS
#define PROXIMITY9_MAP_MIKROBUS(cfg, mikrobus)
Definition: proximity9.h:66
PROXIMITY9_PS_DATA_REG
#define PROXIMITY9_PS_DATA_REG
Definition: proximity9.h:101
proximity9_default_cfg
void proximity9_default_cfg(proximity9_t *ctx)
Click Default Configuration function.
proximity9_init
PROXIMITY9_RETVAL proximity9_init(proximity9_t *ctx, proximity9_cfg_t *cfg)
Initialization function.
proximity9_read_register
PROXIMITY9_RETVAL proximity9_read_register(proximity9_t *ctx, uint8_t reg_addr, uint16_t *data_out)
Generic Read function.
proximity9_cfg_setup
void proximity9_cfg_setup(proximity9_cfg_t *cfg)
Config Object Initialization function.
application_task
void application_task()
Definition: main.c:69
proximity9_check_int_flag
uint8_t proximity9_check_int_flag(proximity9_t *ctx, uint8_t bit_mask)
INT Flag Check function.
proximity9_get_als_lux
float proximity9_get_als_lux(proximity9_t *ctx)
ALS Get function.
application_init
void application_init(void)
Definition: main.c:38
PROXIMITY9_PS_IF_CLOSE_FLAG
#define PROXIMITY9_PS_IF_CLOSE_FLAG
Definition: proximity9.h:181
PROXIMITY9_INT_CLEARED
#define PROXIMITY9_INT_CLEARED
Definition: proximity9.h:183