TCS34711 TAOS [TEXAS ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS], TCS34711 Datasheet
TCS34711
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TCS34711 Summary of contents
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Features D Color Light Sensing − Programmable Analog Gain, Integration Time, and Interrupt Function with Upper and Lower Thresholds − Resolution Bits − Very High Sensitivity — Ideally Suited for Operation Behind Dark Glass − ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 Functional Block Diagram V DD Clear Red GND Detailed Description The TCS3471 light-to-digital device contains a 4 × 4 photodiode array, integrating amplifiers, ADCs, accumulators, clocks, buffers, comparators, a state machine, and ...
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... A TEST CONDITIONS Active Wait mode 2 Sleep mode — activity 3 mA sink current 6 mA sink current TCS34711 & TCS34715 TCS34713 & TCS34717 TCS34711 & TCS34715 TCS34713 & TCS34717 r www.taosinc.com TCS3471 TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 ORDERING NUMBER Interface TCS34711FN DD TCS34713FN Interface ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 Optical Characteristics Note 1) Red Channel TEST TEST PARAMETER PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN λ = 465 See Note 2 λ = 525 nm Irradiance ...
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AC Electrical Characteristics, V † PARAMETER 2 f Clock frequency (I C only) (SCL) t Bus free time between start and stop condition (BUF) Hold time after (repeated) start condition. After t (HDSTA) this period, the first clock is generated. ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 PHOTODIODE SPECTRAL RESPONSIVITY 1 0.9 0.8 Clear 0.7 Red 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 Green 0.1 0 300 500 700 λ − Wavelength − nm Figure 2 NORMALIZED RESPONSIVITY vs. ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT ...
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System State Machine The TCS3471 provides control of RGBC and power management functionality through an internal state machine (Figure 6). After a power-on-reset, the device is in the sleep mode. As soon as the PON bit is set, the device ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 RGBC Operation The RGBC engine contains RGBC gain control (AGAIN) and four integrating analog-to-digital converters (ADC) for the RGBC photodiodes. The RGBC integration time (ATIME) impacts both the resolution and the sensitivity ...
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Interrupts The interrupt feature simplifies and improves system efficiency by eliminating the need to poll the sensor for light intensity values outside of a user-defined range. While the interrupt function is always enabled and it’s status is available in the ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 Protocol Interface and control are accomplished through set of registers that provide access to device control functions and output data. The devices support the 7-bit 2 ...
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Register Set The TCS3471 is controlled and monitored by data registers and a command register accessed through the serial interface. These registers provide for a variety of control functions and can be read to determine results of the ADC conversions. ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 Command Register The command registers specifies the address of the target register for future write and read operations COMMAND COMMAND TYPE FIELD BITS COMMAND 7 Select Command Register. Must write ...
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Enable Register (0x00) The Enable register is used primarily to power the TCS3471 device on and off, and enable functions and interrupts as shown in Table Reserved ENABLE FIELD BITS Reserved 7:5 Reserved. Write as 0. AIEN ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 RGBC Interrupt Threshold Registers (0x04 − 0x07) The RGBC interrupt threshold registers provides the values to be used as the high and low trigger points for the comparison function for interrupt generation. ...
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... Table 10. ID Register DESCRIPTION r www.taosinc.com TCS3471 TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 1 0 Address WLONG Reserved 0x0D × from that programmed in the 1 0 Address AGAIN 0x0F 1 0 Address 0x12 0x14 = TCS34711 & TCS34715 0x1D = TCS34713 & TCS34717 Copyright E 2011, TAOS Inc ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 Status Register (0x13) The Status Register provides the internal status of the device. This register is read only STATUS Reserved FIELD BIT Reserved 7:5 Reserved. AINT 4 RGBC clear channel ...
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APPLICATION INFORMATION: HARDWARE Typical Hardware Application A typical hardware application circuit is shown in Figure 11. A 1-μF low-ESR decoupling capacitor should be placed as close as possible to the Figure 11. Typical Application Hardware ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 PACKAGE FN TOP VIEW 496 + 10 PIN 1 406 + 10 2000 + 75 END VIEW 650 + 50 BOTTOM VIEW Solder Contacts and Photodiode Array Area (Note ...
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TOP VIEW 4.00 + 0.30 8.00 − 0.10 j 0.50 + 0.05 DETAIL A 55 Max 0.254 2.21 + 0. NOTES: A. All linear dimensions are in millimeters. Dimension tolerance is ± 0.10 mm unless otherwise ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 The FN package has been tested and has demonstrated an ability to be reflow soldered to a PCB substrate. The solder reflow profile describes the expected maximum heat exposure of components during ...
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Moisture Sensitivity Optical characteristics of the device can be adversely affected during the soldering process by the release and vaporization of moisture that has been previously absorbed into the package. To ensure the package contains the smallest amount of absorbed ...
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TCS3471 COLOR LIGHT-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER TAOS115 − MARCH 2011 PRODUCTION DATA — information in this document is current at publication date. Products conform to specifications in accordance with the terms of Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. standard warranty. Production processing does ...