TSL230AR-LF TAOS [TEXAS ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS], TSL230AR-LF Datasheet - Page 5

• Manufacturer Part Number: TSL230AR-LF
• Description: PROGRAMMABLE LIGHT-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERTERS
• Manufacturer: TAOS [TEXAS ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS]

Power-supply considerations
Input interface
Output interface
Sensitivity adjustment
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Power-supply lines must be decoupled by a 0.01-μF to 0.1-μF capacitor with short leads placed close to the
device package. A low-noise power supply is required to minimize jitter on output pulses.
A low-impedance electrical connection between the device OE pin and the device GND pin is required for
improved noise immunity.
The output of the device is designed to drive a standard TTL or CMOS logic input over short distances. If lines
greater than 12 inches are used on the output, a buffer or line driver is recommended.
Sensitivity is controlled by two logic inputs, S0 and S1. Sensitivity is adjusted using an electronic iris technique
— effectively an aperture control — to change the response of the device to a given amount of light. The
sensitivity can be set to one of three levels: 1×, 10×, or 100×, providing two decades of adjustment. This allows
the responsivity of the device to be optimized to a given light level while preserving the full-scale
output-frequency range. Changing of sensitivity also changes the effective photodiode area by the same factor.
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1.005
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0.995
0.990
0.985
0.980
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
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PROGRAMMABLE LIGHT-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERTERS
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