This module is based on the I2C light-to-digital converter TSL2561 to transform light intensity to a digital signal. Different from traditional analog light sensor, as Grove - Light Sensor, this digital module features a selectable light spectrum range due to its dual light sensitive diodes: infrared and full spectrum. You can switch between three detection modes to take your readings. They are infrared mode, full spectrum and human visible mode. When running under the human visible mode, this sensor will give you readings just close to your eye feelings. Features Selectable detection modes high resolution 16-Bit digital output at 400 kHz I2C Fast-Mode Wide dynamic range: 0.1 - 40,000 LUX Wide operating temperature range: -40°C to 85°C Programmable interrupt function with User-Defined Upper and lower threshold settings Application Ideas Ambient light sensing Backlighting control for display panel Keyboard illumination control For all Grove users (especially beginners), we provide you guidance PDF documents. Please download and read through Preface - Getting Started and Introduction to Grove before your using of the product. From：For more detail, please visit: http://www.seeedstudio.com/item_detail.html?p_id=1281 Introduction This module is based on the I2C light-to-digital converter TSL2561 to transform light intensity to a digital signal. Different from traditional analog light sensor, as Grove - Light Sensor, this digital module features a selectable light spectrum range due to its dual light sensitive diodes: infrared and full spectrum. You can switch among three detection modes to take your readings. They are infrared mode, full spectrum and human visible mode. When running under the human visible mode, this sensor will give you readings just close to your eye feelings. ![enter image description here][1] Features Selectable detection modes High resolution 16-Bit digital output at 400 kHz I2C Fast-Mode Wide dynamic range: 0.1 - 40,000 LUX Wide operating temperature range: -40°C to 85°C Programmable interrupt function with User-Defined Upper and lower threshold settings. Specifications Items Min Type Max Unit Supply voltage, VDD 3.3 5 5.1 V Operating temperature -30 \ 70 ℃ SCL,SDA input low voltage -0.5 \ 0.8 V SCL,SDA input high voltage 2.3 \ 5.1 V Interface Function ![enter image description here][2] U1: TSL2561 IC, Light-To-Digital Converter. U3: XC6206MR332 IC, Positive Voltage Regulators. Q1,Q2: BSN20 IC, N-channel Enhancement Mode Vertical D-MOS Transistor. SCL,SDA: I2C Signal Interface TSL2561 Functional Block Diagram ![enter image description here][3] With Arduino 1. Plug the Grove - Digital Light Sensor onto the I2C port on Grove - Base Shield, and then plug the base shield onto Arduino; ![enter image description here][4] 2. Download the library from here Digital Light Sensor Library; 3. Unzip it into the libraries file of Arduino IDE by the path: ..\arduino-1.0.1\libraries. 4. Create an Arduino sketch and paste the following codes to it or open the code directly by the path:File -> Example ->Digital_Light_Sensor->Digital_Light_Sensor. /* * Digital_Light_Sensor.ino * A library for TSL2561 * * Copyright (c) 2012 seeed technology inc. * Website : www.seeed.cc * Author : zhangkun * Create Time: * Change Log : * * The MIT License (MIT) * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ #include #include void setup() { Wire.begin(); Serial.begin(9600); TSL2561.init(); } void loop() { Serial.print("The Light value is: "); Serial.println(TSL2561.readVisibleLux()); delay(1000); } 5. Upload the code. Please click here if you do not know how to upload. 6. Open the serial monitor to see the result. Digital Light Sensor Score Picture.jpg In the case of completely light matte, The output result is 0. With Raspberry Pi 1.You should have got a raspberry pi and a grovepi or grovepi+. 2.You should have completed configuring the development enviroment, otherwise follow here. 3.Connection Plug Digital Light Sensor to the I2C sockets on grovepi. 4.Navigate to the demos' directory: cd yourpath/GrovePi/Software/Python/grove_i2c_digital_light_sensor/ To see the code nano grove_i2c_digital_light_sensor.py # "Ctrl+x" to exit # import time import smbus from Adafruit_I2C import Adafruit_I2C import RPi.GPIO as GPIO import grovepi from smbus import SMBus global I2C_ADDRESS global I2C_SMBUS global _CMD global _CMD_CLEAR global _CMD_WORD global _CMD_BLOCK global _REG_CONTROL global _REG_TIMING global _REG_ID global _REG_BLOCKREAD global _REG_DATA0 global _REG_DATA1 global _POWER_UP global _POWER_DOWN global _GAIN_LOW global _GAIN_HIGH global _INTEGRATION_START global _INTEGRATION_STOP global _INTEGRATE_13 global _INTEGRATE_101 global _INTEGRATE_402 global _INTEGRATE_DEFAULT global _INTEGRATE_NA global _GAIN global _MANUAL global _INTEG global _CHANNEL0 global _CHANNEL1 global _D0 global _D1 global _LUX # bus parameters rev = GPIO.RPI_REVISION if rev == 2 or rev == 3: I2C_SMBUS = smbus.SMBus(1) else: I2C_SMBUS = smbus.SMBus(0) # Default I2C address I2C_ADDRESS = 0x29 # Commands _CMD = 0x80 _CMD_CLEAR = 0x40 _CMD_WORD = 0x20 _CMD_BLOCK = 0x10 # Registers _REG_CONTROL = 0x00 _REG_TIMING = 0x01 _REG_ID = 0x0A _REG_BLOCKREAD = 0x0B _REG_DATA0 = 0x0C _REG_DATA1 = 0x0E # Control parameters _POWER_UP = 0x03 _POWER_DOWN = 0x00 # Timing parameters _GAIN_LOW = 0b00000000 _GAIN_HIGH = 0b00010000 _INTEGRATION_START = 0b00001000 _INTEGRATION_STOP = 0b00000000 _INTEGRATE_13 = 0b00000000 _INTEGRATE_101 = 0b00000001 _INTEGRATE_402 = 0b00000010 _INTEGRATE_DEFAULT = _INTEGRATE_402 _INTEGRATE_NA = 0b00000011 # Testing parameters ambient = None IR = None _ambient = 0 _IR = 0 _LUX = None class Tsl2561(object): i2c = None def _init__(self, bus = I2C_SMBUS, addr = I2C_ADDRESS, debug = 1, pause = 0.8): # set debug = 0 stops debugging output on screen assert(bus is not None) assert(addr > 0b000111 and addr = 65535 or IR >= 65535): # Value(s) exeed(s) datarange self.setGain(1) # Set lowGain ambient = self.readFull() IR = self.readIR() # If either sensor is saturated, no acculate lux value can be achieved. if (ambient == 0xffff or IR == 0xffff): self._LUX = None self._ambient = None self._IR = None return (self.ambient, self.IR, self._ambient, self._IR, self._LUX) if (self.gain == 1): self._ambient = 16 * ambient # Scale 1x to 16x self._IR = 16 * IR # Scale 1x to 16x else: self._ambient = 1 * ambient self._IR = 1 * IR if (self.debug): print "IR Result without scaling: ", IR print "IR Result: ", self._IR print "Ambient Result without scaling: ", ambient print "Ambient Result: ", self._ambient if (self._ambient == 0): # Sometimes, the channel 0 returns 0 when dark ... self._LUX = 0.0 return (ambient, IR, self._ambient, self._IR, self._LUX) ratio = (self._IR / float(self._ambient)) # Change to make it run under python 2 if (self.debug): print "ratio: ", ratio if ((ratio >= 0) and (ratio