TCS3210 TAOS [TEXAS ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS], TCS3210 Datasheet - Page 7

• Manufacturer Part Number: TCS3210
• Description: COLOR LIGHT-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERTER
• Manufacturer: TAOS [TEXAS ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS]

Power supply considerations
Input interface
Output interface
Power down
Photodiode type (color) selection
Output frequency scaling
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Power-supply lines must be decoupled by a 0.01-μF to 0.1-μF capacitor with short leads mounted close to the
device package.
A low-impedance electrical connection between the device OE pin and the device GND pin is required for
improved noise immunity. All input pins must be either driven by a logic signal or connected to VDD or GND —
they should not be left unconnected (floating).
The output of the device is designed to drive a standard TTL or CMOS logic input over short distances. If lines
greater than 12 inches are used on the output, a buffer or line driver is recommended.
A high state on Output Enable (OE) places the output in a high-impedance state for multiple-unit sharing of a
microcontroller input line.
Powering down the sensor using S0/S1 (L/L) will cause the output to be held in a high-impedance state. This
is similar to the behavior of the output enable pin, however powering down the sensor saves significantly more
power than disabling the sensor with the output enable pin.
The type of photodiode (blue, green, red, or clear) used by the device is controlled by two logic inputs, S2 and
S3 (see Table 1).
Output-frequency scaling is controlled by two logic inputs, S0 and S1. The internal light-to-frequency converter
generates a fixed-pulsewidth pulse train. Scaling is accomplished by internally connecting the pulse-train output
of the converter to a series of frequency dividers. Divided outputs are 50%-duty cycle square waves with relative
frequency values of 100%, 20%, and 2%. Because division of the output frequency is accomplished by counting
pulses of the principal internal frequency, the final-output period represents an average of the multiple periods
of the principle frequency.
The output-scaling counter registers are cleared upon the next pulse of the principal frequency after any
transition of the S0, S1, S2, S3, and OE lines. The output goes high upon the next subsequent pulse of the
principal frequency, beginning a new valid period. This minimizes the time delay between a change on the input
lines and the resulting new output period. The response time to an input programming change or to an irradiance
step change is one period of new frequency plus 1 μs. The scaled output changes both the full-scale frequency
and the dark frequency by the selected scale factor.
The frequency-scaling function allows the output range to be optimized for a variety of measurement
techniques. The scaled-down outputs may be used where only a slower frequency counter is available, such
as low-cost microcontroller, or where period measurement techniques are used.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
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COLOR LIGHT-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERTER
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PROGRAMMABLE
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TAOS099A − AUGUST 2011
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