You can easily wire this breakout to any microcontroller, we'll be using an Adafruit Metro M0 Express (Arduino compatible) with the Arduino IDE. But, you can use any other kind of microcontroller as well as long as it has I2C clock and I2C data lines.
I2C Wiring
- Connect Vin to the power supply, 3-5V is fine. Use the same voltage that the microcontroller logic is based off of. For most Arduinos, that is 5V
- Connect GND to common power/data ground
- Connect the SCL pin to the I2C clock SCL pin on your Arduino.
On an UNO & '328 based Arduino, this is also known as A5, on a Mega it is also known as digital 21 and on a Leonardo/Micro, digital 3 - Connect the SDA pin to the I2C data SDA pin on your Arduino.
On an UNO & '328 based Arduino, this is also known as A4, on a Mega it is also known as digital 20 and on a Leonardo/Micro, digital 2
This sensor uses I2C address 0x49.
Download Adafruit_AS726x library
To begin reading sensor data, you will need to download Adafruit_AS726x from the Arduino library manager.
Open up the Arduino library manager:
Search for the Adafruit AS726X library and install it
We also have a great tutorial on Arduino library installation at:
http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-all-about-arduino-libraries-install-use
Load Test Example
Open up File->Examples->Adafruit_AS726x->AS7262_test and upload to your Arduino wired up to the sensor. This example connects to the sensor and starts taking readings.
Once uploaded to your Arduino, open up the serial console at 9600 baud speed to see the readings. Your sensor will read the temperature and it's 6 visible light channels. Your serial monitor will look something like this:
TFT Demo
You can create a nice bar graph of the sensors 6 color channels using a 0.90 inch TFT from Adafruit.
Wire the TFT up as shown:
Upload the following code to your board through the Arduino IDE (the code is also available under File->Examples->Adafruit_AS726x->color_graph)
/***************************************************************************
This is a library for the Adafruit AS7262 6-Channel Visible Light Sensor
This sketch reads the sensor and creates a color bar graph on a tiny TFT
Designed specifically to work with the Adafruit AS7262 breakout and 160x18 tft
----> http://www.adafruit.com/products/3779
----> http://www.adafruit.com/product/3533
These sensors use I2C to communicate. The device's I2C address is 0x49
Adafruit invests time and resources providing this open source code,
please support Adafruit andopen-source hardware by purchasing products
from Adafruit!
Written by Dean Miller for Adafruit Industries.
BSD license, all text above must be included in any redistribution
***************************************************************************/
#include <Wire.h>
#include "Adafruit_AS726x.h"
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h> // Core graphics library
#include <Adafruit_ST7735.h> // Hardware-specific library
#include <SPI.h>
// For the breakout, you can use any 2 or 3 pins
// These pins will also work for the 1.8" TFT shield
#define TFT_CS 10
#define TFT_RST 9 // you can also connect this to the Arduino reset
// in which case, set this #define pin to -1!
#define TFT_DC 8
#define SENSOR_MAX 5000
#define BLACK 0x0000
#define GRAY 0x8410
#define WHITE 0xFFFF
#define RED 0xF800
#define ORANGE 0xFA60
#define YELLOW 0xFFE0
#define LIME 0x07FF
#define GREEN 0x07E0
#define CYAN 0x07FF
#define AQUA 0x04FF
#define BLUE 0x001F
#define MAGENTA 0xF81F
#define PINK 0xF8FF
uint16_t colors[] = {
MAGENTA,
BLUE,
GREEN,
YELLOW,
ORANGE,
RED
};
Adafruit_ST7735 tft = Adafruit_ST7735(TFT_CS, TFT_DC, TFT_RST);
//create the object
Adafruit_AS726x ams;
//buffer to hold raw values (these aren't used by default in this example)
//uint16_t sensorValues[AS726x_NUM_CHANNELS];
//buffer to hold calibrated values
float calibratedValues[AS726x_NUM_CHANNELS];
uint16_t barWidth;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
tft.initR(INITR_MINI160x80); // initialize a ST7735S chip, mini display
tft.setRotation(3);
tft.fillScreen(ST7735_BLACK);
barWidth = tft.width() / AS726x_NUM_CHANNELS;
// initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
//begin and make sure we can talk to the sensor
if(!ams.begin()){
Serial.println("could not connect to sensor! Please check your wiring.");
while(1);
}
ams.setConversionType(MODE_2);
//uncomment this if you want to use the driver LED (off by default)
//ams.drvOn();
}
void loop() {
if(ams.dataReady()){
//read the values!
//ams.readRawValues(sensorValues);
ams.readCalibratedValues(calibratedValues);
for(int i=0; i<AS726x_NUM_CHANNELS; i++){
uint16_t height = map(calibratedValues[i], 0, SENSOR_MAX, 0, tft.height());
tft.fillRect(barWidth * i, 0, barWidth, tft.height() - height, ST7735_BLACK);
tft.fillRect(barWidth * i, tft.height() - height, barWidth, height, colors[i]);
}
}
}
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