Evaluation Kit GUI User Guide General Description This Application Note describes the evaluation of AS726x device with ams AS726x Spectral Sensing iSPI GUI running on a Windows based personal computer system. The application will work with the special FTDI cable provided by ams in the test system.
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AS726x-iSPI Evaluation Kit GUI User Guide Figure 2: ams AS726x Spectral Sensing iSPI GUI Select the right demo kit from the pull down device selection list as shown in the below figure 3. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 4 [v3-03] 2018-May-04...
Bank selection, read sensor temperature, Enabling optimization, Plotting graphs and Reading sensor values. The below example in figure 5 shows the main page parameters selected for AS7262 demo kit. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 5 [v3-03] 2018-May-04 Document Feedback...
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C slave address in hexadecimal format. By default, it is 0x49. LED Output: Check Enable for switch on the LED and set LED currents. The current can be set as 12.5mA, 25mA, 50mA, and 100mA. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 6 [v3-03] 2018-May-04 Document Feedback...
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5.56ms. The maximum ALS value depends on the integration time. For every 2.78ms, the maximum value increases by 1024. This means that to be able to re reach ALS full scale, the integration time has to be at least 64*2.78ms. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 7 [v3-03] 2018-May-04...
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The “Optimized Settings Detection” works based on this values in init_file.txt. Note, inside of the init_file, the sizes can be adapted but do not change the keywords (e.g. MinCounts) in case of editing the init_file. Figure 6: Example of init_file ams Eval Kit Manual Page 8 [v3-03] 2018-May-04 Document Feedback...
After the update, by clicking the “Refresh” button the value in the register is confirmed. Note: The application synchronizes the changes on the Main Page and the Register Table Page automatically. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 9 [v3-03] 2018-May-04 Document Feedback...
“Reg Data” field. The register data would be one a hexadecimal number. The number of bytes can be only changed with AS726xN demo kits, which have no ams associated firmware. For example, if an AS7261N demo kit is in evaluation, unselect Virtual Register and input the length of number bytes.
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The logged data format varies based on the selected board. Note: The changes by reading/writing a register on this page may not synchronize with other pages. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 11 [v3-03] 2018-May-04...
Firmware update could be done by clicking “Select Binary” button and the selecting the corresponding firmware .bin file based on the device provided by ams AG. Once the .bin file is selected, clicking “Start Update” button will start updating the firmware.
(see chapter 3.3). In the following, only the AS7261 specific functions are listened. For all others see chapter 3.1. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 13 [v3-03] 2018-May-04...
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Lux and CCT: Calculated Lux and CCT based on the calibrated XYZ Duv: Calculated derivation from the black body curve AS7261 Sensor Control and AS7261 Sensor raw data’s X Y Z NIR DK CL ams Eval Kit Manual Page 14 [v3-03] 2018-May-04 Document Feedback...
The used number of version for firmware and software can be read in the information window. Note: It is always recommended to use a firmware version 11.x.x or higher in combination with iSPI software version 3.3.0 or higher. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 15 [v3-03] 2018-May-04 Document Feedback...
AG takes no responsibility for the design, operation and testing of the applications and end-products as well as assistance with the applications or end-product designs when using ams AG products. ams AG is not liable for the suitability and fit of ams AG products in applications and end-products planned.
Version 3-0 3 new software functions, firmware update, hardware release from 1.1 Note: Page numbers for the previous version may differ from page numbers in the current revision. Correction of typographical errors is not explicitly mentioned. ams Eval Kit Manual Page 18 [v3-03] 2018-May-04...
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