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This is a platform agnostic Rust driver for the TCS3472 RGB color light to
digital converter with IR filter, based on the embedded-hal traits.
This driver allows you to:
- Enable/disable the device.
- Enable/disable the RGB converter.
- Set RGB converter gain.
- Enable/disable the RGB converter interrupt generation.
- Set the RGB converter interrupt clear channel low/high thresholds.
- Set the RGB converter interrupt persistence.
- Set the number of integration cycles.
- Enable/disable the wait feature.
- Set the number of wait time cycles.
- Enable/disable the wait long setting.
- Read status of RGB converter.
- Read the clear (unfiltered) channel measurement.
- Read the red channel measurement.
- Read the green channel measurement.
- Read the blue channel measurement.
- Read the device ID.
The device
The TCS3472 device provides a digital return of red, green, blue (RGB), and clear light sensing values. An IR blocking filter, integrated on-chip and localized to the color sensing photodiodes, minimizes the IR spectral component of the incoming light and allows color measurements to be made accurately. The high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, and IR blocking filter make the TCS3472 an ideal color sensor solution for use under varying lighting conditions and through attenuating materials.
The TCS3472 color sensor has a wide range of applications including RGB LED backlight control, solid-state lighting, health/fitness products, industrial process controls and medical diagnostic equipment. In addition, the IR blocking filter enables the TCS3472 to perform ambient light sensing (ALS). Ambient light sensing is widely used in display-based products such as cell phones, notebooks, and TVs to sense the lighting environment and enable automatic display brightness for optimal viewing and power savings. The TCS3472, itself, can enter a lower-power wait state between light sensing measurements to further reduce the average power consumption.
Datasheet:
This driver is compatible with the devices TCS34725 and TCS34727.
Usage examples (see also examples folder)
Enable and read the color measurement
Import this crate and an embedded_hal implementation, then instantiate
the device:
extern crate linux_embedded_hal as hal;
extern crate tcs3472;
use hal::I2cdev;
use tcs3472::Tcs3472;
let dev = I2cdev::new("/dev/i2c-1").unwrap();
let mut sensor = Tcs3472::new(dev);
sensor.enable().unwrap();
sensor.enable_rgbc().unwrap();
while !sensor.is_rgbc_status_valid().unwrap() {
// wait for measurement to be available
};
let clear = sensor.read_clear_channel().unwrap();
let red = sensor.read_red_channel().unwrap();
let green = sensor.read_green_channel().unwrap();
let blue = sensor.read_blue_channel().unwrap();
println!("Measurements: clear = {}, red = {}, green = {}, blue = {}",
clear, red, green, blue);Change the RGB converter gain and integration cycles
extern crate linux_embedded_hal as hal;
extern crate tcs3472;
use hal::I2cdev;
use tcs3472::{ Tcs3472, RgbCGain };
let dev = I2cdev::new("/dev/i2c-1").unwrap();
let mut sensor = Tcs3472::new(dev);
sensor.enable().unwrap();
sensor.enable_rgbc().unwrap();
sensor.set_rgbc_gain(RgbCGain::_16x).unwrap();
sensor.set_integration_cycles(32).unwrap();Enable wait function and set wait time to 1.008s
extern crate linux_embedded_hal as hal;
extern crate tcs3472;
use hal::I2cdev;
use tcs3472::Tcs3472;
let dev = I2cdev::new("/dev/i2c-1").unwrap();
let mut sensor = Tcs3472::new(dev);
sensor.enable().unwrap();
sensor.enable_rgbc().unwrap();
// This results in 35 * 2.4ms * 12 = 1.008s
sensor.set_wait_cycles(35).unwrap();
sensor.enable_wait_long().unwrap(); // 12x mutiplicator
sensor.enable_wait().unwrap(); // actually enable wait timerEnable and configure RGB converter interrupt generation
extern crate linux_embedded_hal as hal;
extern crate tcs3472;
use hal::I2cdev;
use tcs3472::{ Tcs3472, RgbCInterruptPersistence };
let dev = I2cdev::new("/dev/i2c-1").unwrap();
let mut sensor = Tcs3472::new(dev);
sensor.enable().unwrap();
sensor.enable_rgbc().unwrap();
sensor.set_rgbc_interrupt_low_threshold(1024).unwrap();
sensor.set_rgbc_interrupt_high_threshold(61440).unwrap();
sensor.set_rgbc_interrupt_persistence(RgbCInterruptPersistence::_5).unwrap();
sensor.enable_rgbc_interrupts().unwrap();