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Fully Integrated Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor With
Infrared Emitter, I2C Interface, and Interrupt Function
FEATURES
• Package type: surface-mount
• Dimensions (L x W x H in mm): 3.95 x 3.95 x 0.75
• Integrated modules: infrared emitter (IRED),
ambient light sensor (ALS-PD), proximity sensor
(PD), and signal conditioning IC
• Interrupt function
• Supply voltage range VDD: 2.5 V to 3.6 V
• Supply voltage range IR anode: 2.5 V to 5 V
• Communication via I2C interface
• I2C Bus H-level range: 1.7 V to 5 V
GND • Floor life: 168 h, MSL 3, according to J-STD-020
12 • Low stand by current consumption: 1.5 μA
IR anode 1 11 nc • Material categorization: for definitions of compliance
IR cathode 2 10 nc please see www.vishay.com/doc?99912
IR cathode 3 9 nc
PROXIMITY FUNCTION
SDA 4 8 nc
• Built-in infrared emitter and photo-pin-diode for proximity
SCL 5 7 VDD
function
6 13 • 16 bit effective resolution for proximity detection range
22297-2 INT GND ensures excellent cross talk immunity
• Programmable LED drive current from 10 mA to 200 mA in
DESCRIPTION 10 mA steps
The VCNL4010 is a fully integrated proximity and ambient • Excellent ambient light suppression by modulating the
light sensor. Fully integrated means that the infrared emitter infrared signal
is included in the package. It has 16 bit resolution. It • Proximity distance up to 200 mm
includes a signal processing IC and features standard I2C
communication interface. It features an interrupt function. AMBIENT LIGHT FUNCTION
• Built-in ambient light photo-pin-diode with close-to-
APPLICATIONS
human-eye sensitivity
• Proximity sensor for mobile devices (e.g. smart phones,
• 16 bit dynamic range from 0.25 lx to 16 klx
touch phones, PDA, GPS) for touch screen locking, power
saving, etc. • 100 Hz and 120 Hz flicker noise rejection
• Integrated ambient light function for display/keypad
contrast control and dimming of mobile devices
• Proximity/optical switch for consumer, computing and
industrial devices and displays
• Dimming control for consumer, computing and industrial
displays

PRODUCT SUMMARY
OPERATING I2C BUS AMBIENT AMBIENT
OPERATING LED PULSE ADC RESOLUTION
PART VOLTAGE VOLTAGE LIGHT LIGHT OUTPUT
RANGE CURRENT (1) PROXIMITY /
NUMBER RANGE RANGE RANGE RESOLUTION CODE
(mm) (mA) AMBIENT LIGHT
(V) (V) (lx) (lx)
VCNL4010 1 to 200 2.5 to 3.6 1.7 to 5 10 to 200 0.25 to 16 383 0.25 16 bit, I2C 16 bit / 16 bit
Note
(1) Adjustable through I2C interface

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ORDERING INFORMATION
ORDERING CODE PACKAGING VOLUME (1) REMARKS
VCNL4010-GS08 MOQ: 1800 pcs
Tape and reel 3.95 mm x 3.95 mm x 0.75 mm
VCNL4010-GS18 MOQ: 7000 pcs
Note
(1) MOQ: minimum order quantity

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS (Tamb = 25 °C, unless otherwise specified)

PARAMETER TEST CONDITION SYMBOL MIN. MAX. UNIT
Supply voltage VDD -0.3 5.5 V
Operation temperature range Tamb -25 +85 °C
Storage temperature range Tstg -40 +85 °C
Total power dissipation Tamb ≤ 25 °C Ptot 50 mW
Junction temperature Tj 100 °C

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS (Tamb = 25 °C, unless otherwise specified)

PARAMETER TEST CONDITION SYMBOL MIN. TYP. MAX. UNIT
Supply voltage VDD 2.5 3.6 V
Supply voltage IR anode 2.5 5 V
I2C Bus H-level range 1.7 5 V
INT H-level range 1.7 5 V
INT low voltage 3 mA sink current 0.4 V
Standby current,
Current consumption 1.5 2 μA
no IRED-operation
2 measurements per second,
5 μA
IRED current 20 mA
250 measurements per second,
Current consumption 520 μA
IRED current 20 mA
proximity mode incl. IRED
(averaged) 2 measurements per second,
35 μA
IRED current 200 mA
250 measurements per second,
4.0 mA
IRED current 200 mA
2 measurements per second
2.5 μA
averaging = 1
8 measurements per second
10 μA
Current consumption ambient averaging = 1
light mode 2 measurements per second
160 μA
averaging = 64
8 measurements per second
640 μA
averaging = 64
Ambient light resolution Digital resolution (LSB count ) 0.25 lx
EV = 100 lx
Ambient light output 400 counts
averaging = 64
I2C clock rate range fSCL 3400 kHz

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CIRCUIT BLOCK DIAGRAM TEST CIRCUIT
GND
12
30 mm x 30 mm
IR anode 1 IRED PD 11 nc
Kodak gray card
IR cathode 2 Proxi 10 nc (18 % reflectivity)

d = 20 mm
IR cathode 3 9 nc
PD
SDA 4 8 nc
VCNL4010
ASIC Ambi
SCL 5 7 VDD
VCNL4010 IRED Proxi-PD
22300-1
6 13
22299-1 INT GND

Note
• nc must not be electrically connected
Pads 8 to 11 are only considered as solder pads

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS (Tamb = 25 °C, unless otherwise specified)

2.4 100 000
IDD - Supply Current Idle Mode (μA)

LED current 200 mA

2.2
10 000
Proximity Value (cts)

2.0 VDD = 3.6 V

VDD = 3.5 V
1.8 VDD = 3.3 V 1000
VDD = 3.1 V
VDD = 2.5 V
1.6 LED current 100 mA
VDD = 2.7 V 100
VDD = 2.9 V
1.4 LED current 20 mA

10
1.2 Media: Kodak gray card
Mod. frequency = 390 kHz
1.0 1
- 50 - 30 - 10 10 30 50 70 90 110 0.1 1 10 100
22301 Tamb - Ambient Temperature (°C) 22303 Distance to Reflecting Card (mm)
Fig. 1 - Idle Current vs. Ambient Temperature Fig. 3 - Proximity Value vs. Distance

2.4 250
IDD - Supply Current Idle Mode (μA)

VIRED = 2.5 V
IIRED - Forward Current IRED (mA)

2.2 100 °C 200 mA

200
180 mA
2.0
80 °C 160 mA
150 140 mA
1.8
55 °C 120 mA
1.6 100 mA
100
25 °C 80 mA
1.4
60 mA
-10 °C 50
40 mA
1.2
-40 °C 20 mA
1.0 0
2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 -60 -20 20 60 100 140
22302 VDD - Supply Voltage (V) 22304 Tamb - Ambient Temperature (°C)
Fig. 2 - Idle Current vs. VDD Fig. 4 - Forward Current vs. Temperature

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0° 20°
1.1
1.0 IF = 100 mA
Ie, rel - Relative Radiant Intensity

0.9 1.0

ϕ - Angular Displacement
Srel - Relative Sensitivity
0.8
0.9
40°
0.7
0.6 0.8

0.5
0.7
0.4
60°
0.3
0.6
0.2
0.1 80°
0
750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0
22305 λ - Wavelength (nm) 22308

Fig. 5 - Relative Radiant Intensity vs. Wavelength Fig. 8 - Relative Radiant Sensitivity vs. Angular Displacement
(Proximity Sensor)

0° 20°
100 000
Irel - Relative Radiant Intensity

1.0
Ambient Light Signal (cts)
ϕ - Angular Displacement

10 000
0.9
40°
1000
0.8

0.7 100
60°
0.6 10
80°
1
0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0.1 1 10 100 1000 10 000
22306 EV - Illuminance (lx)

Fig. 6 - Relative Radiant Intensity vs. Angular Displacement Fig. 9 - Ambient Light Value vs. Illuminance

1.1
S(λ)rel - Relative Spectral Sensitivity
S(λ)rel - Relative Spectral Sensitivity

1.0 1.0
Human eye
0.9 VCNL4010
0.8 0.8
0.7
0.6 0.6
0.5
0.4 0.4
0.3
0.2 0.2
0.1
0 0
400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100

22307 λ - Wavelength (nm) λ - Wavelength (nm)

Fig. 7 - Relative Spectral Sensitivity vs. Wavelength Fig. 10 - Relative Spectral Sensitivity vs. Wavelength
(Proximity Sensor) (Ambient Light Sensor)

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0° 20°

1.0

ϕ - Angular Displacement
Srel - Relative Sensitivity

0.9
40°
Vertical
0.8 Horizontal

0.7
60°
0.6

80°

0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0

22311

Fig. 11 - Relative Radiant Sensitivity vs. Angular Displacement

(Ambient Light Sensor)

APPLICATION INFORMATION
VCNL4010 is a cost effective solution of proximity and ambient light sensor with I2C bus interface. The standard serial digital
interface is easy to access “Proximity Signal” and “Light Intensity” without complex calculation and programming by external
controller. Beside the digital output also a flexible programmable interrupt pin is available.
1. Application Circuit

1.7 V to 5.0 V
2.5 V to 5.0 V
C1 C2
R2 R3 R4
22 μF 100 nF
IR_Anode (1)
2.5 V to 3.6 V R1
C4 C3 VDD (7)
10R
10 μF 100 nF
Host
VCNL4010 Micro Controller
INT (6) GPIO

SCL (5) I2C Bus Clock SCL

GND (12, 13) SDA (4) I2C Bus Data SDA

22312-2

Fig. 12 - Application Circuit

(x) = Pin Number
Notes
• The interrupt pin is an open drain output. The needed pull-up resistor may be connected to the same supply voltage as the application
controller and the pull-up resistors at SDA/SCL. Proposed value R2 should be >1 kΩ , e.g. 10 kΩ to 100 kΩ.
Proposed value for R3 and R4, e.g. 2.2 kΩ to 4.7 kΩ, depend also on the I2C bus speed.
For detailed description about set-up and use of the interrupt as well as more application related information see AN: “Designing VCNL4010
into an Application”.
• IR_Cathode needs no external connection. The needed connection to the driver is done internally.

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2. I2C Interface
The VCNL4010 contains seventeen 8 bit registers for operation control, parameter setup and result buffering. All registers are
accessible via I2C communication. Figure 13 shows the basic I2C communication with VCNL4010.
The built in I2C interface is compatible with all I2C modes (standard, fast and high speed).
I2C H-level range = 1.7 V to 5 V.
Please refer to the I2C specification from NXP for details.
Send byte Write command to VCNL4010

S Slave address Wr A Register address A Data byte A P

Receive byte Read data from VCNL4010

S Slave address Wr A Register address A P

S Slave address Rd A Data byte A P

S = start condition Host action

P = stop condition
A = acknowledge 22313-1
VCNL4010 response
Fig. 13 - Send Byte/Receive Byte Protocol
Device Address Register Addresses
The VCNL4010 has a fix slave address for the host VCNL4010 has seventeen user accessible 8 bit registers.
programming and accessing selection. The predefined 7 bit The register addresses are 80h (register #0) to 90h
I2C bus address is set to 0010 011 = 13h. The least (register #16).
significant bit (LSB) defines read or write mode. Accordingly
the bus address is set to 0010 011x = 26h for write, 27h for
read.

REGISTER FUNCTIONS
Register #0 Command Register
Register address = 80h
The register #0 is for starting ambient light or proximity measurements. This register contains 2 flag bits for data ready indication.

TABLE 1 - COMMAND REGISTER #0

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
config_lock als_data_rdy prox_data_rdy als_od prox_od als_en prox_en selftimed_en
Description
config_lock Read only bit. Value = 1
Read only bit. Value = 1 when ambient light measurement data is available in the result registers. This bit
als_data_rdy
will be reset when one of the corresponding result registers (reg #5, reg #6) is read.
Read only bit. Value = 1 when proximity measurement data is available in the result registers. This bit will
prox_data_rdy be reset when one of the corresponding result registers (reg #7, reg #8) is read.
R/W bit. Starts a single on-demand measurement for ambient light. If averaging is enabled, starts a
als_od sequence of readings and stores the averaged result. Result is available at the end of conversion for
reading in the registers #5(HB) and #6(LB).
R/W bit. Starts a single on-demand measurement for proximity.
prox_od
Result is available at the end of conversion for reading in the registers #7(HB) and #8(LB).
als_en R/W bit. Enables periodic als measurement
prox_en R/W bit. Enables periodic proximity measurement

selftimed_en R/W bit. Enables state machine and LP oscillator for self timed measurements; no measurement is
performed until the corresponding bit is set
Note
• With setting bit 3 and bit 4 at the same write command, a simultaneously measurement of ambient light and proximity is done. Beside als_en
and/or prox_en first selftimed_en needs to be set. On-demand measurement modes are disabled if selftimed_en bit is set. For the
selftimed_en mode changes in reading rates (reg #4 and reg #2) can be made only when b0 (selftimed_en bit) = 0. For the als_od mode
changes to the reg #4 can be made only when b4 (als_od bit) = 0; this is to avoid synchronization problems and undefined states between
the clock domains. In effect this means that it is only reasonable to change rates while no selftimed conversion is ongoing.

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Register #1 Product ID Revision Register
Register address = 81h. This register contains information about product ID and product revision.
Register data value of current revision = 21h.

TABLE 2 - PRODUCT ID REVISION REGISTER #1

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Product ID Revision ID
Description
Product ID Read only bits. Value = 2
Revision ID Read only bits. Value = 1

Register #2 Rate of Proximity Measurement

Register address = 82h.

TABLE 3 - PROXIMITY RATE REGISTER #2

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Rate of Proximity Measurement (no. of
n/a
measurements per second)
Description
R/W bits.
000 - 1.95 measurements/s (DEFAULT)
001 - 3.90625 measurements/s
010 - 7.8125 measurements/s
Proximity rate 011 - 16.625 measurements/s
100 - 31.25 measurements/s
101 - 62.5 measurements/s
110 - 125 measurements/s
111 - 250 measurements/s
Note
• If self_timed measurement is running, any new value written in this register will not be taken over until the mode is actualy cycled.

Register #3 LED Current Setting for Proximity Mode

Register address = 83h. This register is to set the LED current value for proximity measurement.
The value is adjustable in steps of 10 mA from 0 mA to 200 mA.
This register also contains information about the used device fuse program ID.

TABLE 4 - IR LED CURRENT REGISTER #3

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Fuse prog ID IR LED current value
Description
Read only bits.
Fuse prog ID
Information about fuse program revision used for initial setup/calibration of the device.
R/W bits. IR LED current = Value (dec.) x 10 mA.
IR LED current value Valid Range = 0 to 20d. e.g. 0 = 0 mA , 1 = 10 mA, …., 20 = 200 mA (2 = 20 mA = DEFAULT)
LED Current is limited to 200 mA for values higher as 20d.

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Register #4 Ambient Light Parameter Register
Register address = 84h.

TABLE 5 - AMBIENT LIGHT PARAMETER REGISTER #4

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Cont. conv. Auto offset Averaging function
als_rate
mode compensation (number of measurements per run)
Description
R/W bit. Continuous conversion mode.
Enable = 1; Disable = 0 = DEFAULT
Cont. conversion mode
This function can be used for performing faster ambient light measurements. Please refer to the
application information chapter 3.3 for details about this function.
R/W bits. Ambient light measurement rate
000 - 1 samples/s
001 - 2 samples/s = DEFAULT
010 - 3 samples/s
Ambient light measurement rate 011 - 4 samples/s
100 - 5 samples/s
101 - 6 samples/s
110 - 8 samples/s
111 - 10 samples/s
R/W bit. Automatic offset compensation.
Enable = 1 = DEFAULT; Disable = 0
In order to compensate a technology, package or temperature related drift of the ambient light values
Auto offset compensation
there is a built in automatic offset compensation function.
With active auto offset compensation the offset value is measured before each ambient light
measurement and subtracted automatically from actual reading.
R/W bits. Averaging function.
Bit values sets the number of single conversions done during one measurement cycle. Result is the
Averaging function average value of all conversions.
Number of conversions = 2decimal_value e.g. 0 = 1 conv., 1 = 2 conv, 2 = 4 conv., ….7 = 128 conv.
DEFAULT = 32 conv. (bit 2 to bit 0: 101)
Note
• If self_timed measurement is running, any new value written in this register will not be taken over until the mode is actualy cycled.

Register #5 and #6 Ambient Light Result Register

Register address = 85h and 86h. These registers are the result registers for ambient light measurement readings.
The result is a 16 bit value. The high byte is stored in register #5 and the low byte in register #6.

TABLE 6 - AMBIENT LIGHT RESULT REGISTER #5

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Description
Read only bits. High byte (15:8) of ambient light measurement result

TABLE 7 - AMBIENT LIGHT RESULT REGISTER #6

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Description
Read only bits. Low byte (7:0) of ambient light measurement result

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Register #7 and #8 Proximity Measurement Result Register
Register address = 87h and 88h. These registers are the result registers for proximity measurement readings.
The result is a 16 bit value. The high byte is stored in register #7 and the low byte in register #8.

TABLE 8 - PROXIMITY RESULT REGISTER #7

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Description
Read only bits. High byte (15:8) of proximity measurement result

TABLE 9 - PROXIMITY RESULT REGISTER #8

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Description
Read only bits. Low byte (7:0) of proximity measurement result

Register #9 Interrupt Control Register

Register address = 89h.

TABLE 10 - INTERRUPT CONTROL REGISTER #9

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
INT_PROX_ INT_ALS_ INT_THRES_
Int count exceed n/a INT_THRES_EN
ready_EN ready_EN SEL
Description
R/W bits. These bits contain the number of consecutive measurements needed above/below the
threshold
000 - 1 count = DEFAULT
001 - 2 count
010 - 4 count
Int count exceed
011 - 8 count
100 -16 count
101 - 32 count
110 - 64 count
111 - 128 count
INT_PROX_ready_EN R/W bit. Enables interrupt generation at proximity data ready
INT_ALS_ ready_EN R/W bit. Enables interrupt generation at ambient data ready
INT_THRES_EN R/W bit. Enables interrupt generation when high or low threshold is exceeded
R/W bit. If 0: thresholds are applied to proximity measurements
INT_THRES_SEL
If 1: thresholds are applied to als measurements

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Register #10 and #11 Low Threshold
Register address = 8Ah and 8Bh. These registers contain the low threshold value. The value is a 16 bit word. The high byte is
stored in register #10 and the low byte in register #11.

TABLE 11 - LOW THRESHOLD REGISTER #10

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Description
R/W bits. High byte (15:8) of low threshold value

TABLE 12 - LOW THRESHOLD REGISTER #11

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Description
R/W bits. Low byte (7:0) of low threshold value

Register #12 and #13 High Threshold

Register address = 8Ch and 8Dh. These registers contain the high threshold value. The value is a 16 bit word. The high byte is
stored in register #12 and the low byte in register #13.

TABLE 13 - HIGH THRESHOLD REGISTER #12

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Description
R/W bits. High byte (15:8) of high threshold value

TABLE 14 - HIGH THRESHOLD REGISTER #13

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Description
R/W bits. Low byte (7:0) of high threshold value

Register #14 Interrupt Status Register

Register address = 8Eh. This register contains information about the interrupt status for either proximity or ALS function and
indicates if high or low going threshold exceeded.

TABLE 15 - INTERRUPT STATUS REGISTER #14

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
n/a int_prox_ready int_als_ready int_th_low int_th_hi
Description
int_prox_ready R/W bit. Indicates a generated interrupt for proximity
int_als_ready R/W bit. Indicates a generated interrupt for als
int_th_low R/W bit. Indicates a low threshold exceed
int_th_hi R/W bit. Indicates a high threshold exceed
Note
• Once an interrupt is generated the corresponding status bit goes to 1 and stays there unless it is cleared by writing a 1 in the corresponding
bit. The int pad will be pulled down while at least one of the status bit is 1.

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Register #15 Proximity Modulator Timing Adjustment
Register address = 8Fh.

TABLE 16 - PROXIMITY MODULATOR TIMING ADJUSTMENT #15

Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Modulation delay time Proximity frequency Modulation dead time
Description
R/W bits. Setting a delay time between IR LED signal and IR input signal evaluation.
This function is for compensation of delays from IR LED and IR photo diode. Also in respect to the
Modulation delay time
possibility for setting different proximity signal frequency. Correct adjustment is optimizing measurement
signal level. ( DEFAULT = 0)
R/W bits. Setting the proximity IR test signal frequency
The proximity measurement is using a square IR signal as measurement signal. Four different values are
possible:
Proximity frequency 00 = 390.625 kHz (DEFAULT)
01 = 781.25 kHz
10 = 1.5625 MHz
11 = 3.125 MHz
R/W bits. Setting a dead time in evaluation of IR signal at the slopes of the IR signal. ( DEFAULT = 1)
Modulation dead time This function is for reducing of possible disturbance effects.
This function is reducing signal level and should be used carefully.
Note
• The settings for best performance will be provided by Vishay. With first samples this is evaluated to:
delay time = 0; dead time = 1 and prox. frequency = 0. With that register#15 should be programmed with 1 (= default value).
Register #16 Ambient IR Light Level Register
Register address = 90h.
This register is not intended to be used by customer.

3. IMPORTANT APPLICATION HINTS AND EXAMPLES

3.1 Receiver standby mode
In standby mode the receiver has the lowest current consumption of about 1.5 μA. In this mode only the I2C interface is active.
This is always valid, when there are no measurement demands for proximity and ambient light executed. Also the current sink
for the IR-LED is inactive, so there is no need for changing register #3 (IR LED current).
3.2 Data Read
In order to get a certain register value, the register has to be addressed without data like shown in the following scheme. After
this register addressing, the data from the addressed register is written after a subsequent read command.

Receive byte Read data from VCNL4010

S Slave address Wr A Register address A P

S Slave address Rd A Data byte A P

S = start condition Host action

P = stop condition
A = acknowledge VCNL4010 response

Fig. 14 - Send Byte/Receive Byte Protocol

The stop condition between these write and read sequences is not mandatory. It works also with a repeated start condition.
Note
• For reading out 2 (or more) subsequent registers like the result registers, it is not necessary to address each of the registers separately. After
one read command the internal register counter is increased automatically and any subsequent read command is accessing the next
register.

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Example: read register “Ambient Light Result Register” #5 and #6:
Addressing:command: 26h, 85h (VCNL4010_I2C_Bus_Write_Adr., Ambient Light Result Register #5 [85])
Read register #5:command: 27h, data (VCNL4010_I2C_Bus_Read_Adr., {High Byte Data of Ambient Light Result register #5
[85])}
Read register #6:command: 27h, data (VCNL4010_I2C_Bus_Read_Adr., {Low Byte Data of Ambient Light Result register #6
[86])}
3.3 Continuous Conversion Mode in Ambient Light Measurement
In the following is a detail description of the function “continuous conversion” (bit 7 of register #4)
Standard mode (bit 7 of reg #4 = 0):
In standard mode the ambient light measurement is done during a fixed time frame of 100 ms. The single measurement itself
takes actually only appr. 300 μs.
The following figures show examples of this measurement timing in standard mode using averaging function 2 and 8 as
examples for illustration (possible values up to 128).

Start Start

50 ms 12.5 ms
100 ms
100 ms
22316

22315

Fig. 15 - Ambient Light Measurement with Averaging = 2; Fig. 16 - Ambient Light Measurement with Averaging = 8;
Final Measurement Result = Average of these 2 Measurements Final Measurement Result = Average of these 8 Measurements
Note
• ≥ Independent of setting of averaging the result is available only after 100 ms.

Continuous conversion mode (bit 7 of register #4 = 1):

In continuous conversion mode the single measurements are done directly subsequent after each other.
See following examples in figure 17 and 18

Start Start
460 μs 460 μs

1.5 ms 4.2 ms
22317

22318

Fig. 17 - Ambient Light Measurement with Averaging = 2; Fig. 18 - Ambient Light Measurement with Averaging = 8;
using Continuous Conversion Mode using Continuous Conversion Mode

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PACKAGE DIMENSIONS in millimeters

Drawing-No.: 6.550-5317.01-4 Not indicated tolerances ± 0.1

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TAPE AND REEL DIMENSIONS in millimeters

X
Unreel direction
Reel size "Y"

GS 08 Ø 180 ± 2 = 1800 pcs.

GS 18 Ø 330 ± 2 = 7000 pcs.
Ø 60 min.

Tape position
coming out from reel

2±
0 .5
ØY

Not indicated tolerances ± 0.1

Ø 21 ± 0.8 Ø 13 ± 0.2

Label posted here

12.4 + 2

18.4 max. Parts mounted Empty Leader 400mm min.

100mm min. with cover tape

Leader and trailer tape:

Direction of pulling out

Empty Trailer 200mm min. technical drawings
according to DIN
specifications

4.25
X 2:1
0.9 8 4
Ø 1.5
1.75

0.3 2
12 ± 0.3
5.5
4.25

Drawing-No.: 9.800-5103.01-4

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SOLDER PROFILE DRYPACK
Axis Title Devices are packed in moisture barrier bags (MBB) to
300 10000 prevent the products from moisture absorption during
Max. 260 °C transportation and storage. Each bag contains a desiccant.
250 255 °C
245 °C
240 °C
217 °C
FLOOR LIFE
Temperature (°C)

200 1000 Floor life (time between soldering and removing from MBB)
Max. 30 s must not exceed the time indicated on MBB label:

2nd line
2nd line

1st line
150
Floor life: 168 h
Max. 120 s Max. 100 s
100 100 Conditions: Tamb < 30 °C, RH < 60 %
Max. ramp down 6 °C/s
Moisture sensitivity level 3, according to J-STD-020
50 Max. ramp up 3 °C/s
DRYING
0 10 In case of moisture absorption devices should be baked
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
before soldering. Conditions see J-STD-020 or label.
19841 Time (s)
Devices taped on reel dry using recommended conditions
Fig. 19 - Lead (Pb)-free Reflow Solder Profile 192 h at 40 °C (+ 5 °C), RH < 5 %.
According to J-STD-020

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