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TCS3430 − Register Description
Figure 20:
WTIME Register
WTIME Register (0x83)
0x83: WTIME
Field Name Reset Type
Description
ALS Wait Time. Eight bit value that specifies the time in 2.78ms to wait
between ALS cycles.
Value
Wait Cycles
Wait Time
0x00
1
2.78ms/ 33.4ms
7:0 WTIME 0x00 RW
0x01
...
2
5.56ms/ 66.7ms
...
...
0x23
36
100ms/ 1.20s
...
...
...
0xff
256
711ms/ 8.53s
The wait timer is implemented with an down counter with 0x00
as the terminal count. Loading 0x00 will generate a 2.78ms wait
time, loading 0x01 will generate a 5.56ms wait time, and so
forth; By asserting wlong, in register 0x8D the wait time is given
in multiples of 33.4ms (12x).
Figure 21:
AILTL Register
Field
7:0
Name
AILTL
AILTL Register (0x84)
Reset
0x00
0x84: AILTL
Type
Description
RW Low Byte of the Low Threshold
This register provides the low byte of the low interrupt ALS
(Channel 0) threshold.
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