Ambient Light

This section will help us to review the ambient light sensor MAX44009. We are going to review how to initialized and read the sensor data.

MAX44009

https://www.mouser.mx/new/bosch/maximmax44009/

http://xdk.bosch-connectivity.com/xdk_docs/html/group___m_a_x44009.html

Overview

Functions

The table below contains some of the configuration functions of the environmental sensor.

Function	Effect
LightSensor_setBrightness()	Configures the used light spectrum via the brightness enumeration of the ambient light sensor
LightSensor_setIntegrationTime()	Configures the integration time of the ambient light sensor via a passed integration time enumeration
LightSensor_setManualMode()	Enables the manual mode of the light sensor, integration time and brightness need to be set manually
LightSensor_setContinuousMode()	Enables the continuous mode of the light sensor, integration time and brightness are set automatically