Trouble using I2C to read light sensor (TSL4531)

[physiii]

I'm trying to read data from an ambient light senor. I started with the I2C esp-idf example which I used to read data from two other sensors on the same board. The datasheet seems to follow the same procedure but I'm still reading only 0x00.

write operation

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    i2c_cmd_handle_t cmd = i2c_cmd_link_create();
    i2c_master_start(cmd);
    i2c_master_write_byte(cmd, 0x29 << 1 | WRITE_BIT, ACK_CHECK_EN);
    i2c_master_write_byte(cmd, 0x04, ACK_CHECK_EN);
    i2c_master_stop(cmd);

    int ret = i2c_master_cmd_begin(i2c_num, cmd, 1000 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
    i2c_cmd_link_delete(cmd);
    if (ret == ESP_FAIL) {
        return ret;
    }

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read operation

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    vTaskDelay(1000 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
    cmd = i2c_cmd_link_create();
    i2c_master_start(cmd);
    i2c_master_write_byte(cmd, 0x29 << 1 | READ_BIT, ACK_CHECK_EN);
    i2c_master_read_byte(cmd, data_h, ACK_VAL);
    i2c_master_read_byte(cmd, data_l, NACK_VAL);
    i2c_master_stop(cmd);

    ret = i2c_master_cmd_begin(i2c_num, cmd, 1000 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
    i2c_cmd_link_delete(cmd);
    if (ret == ESP_FAIL) {
        return ESP_FAIL;
    }
    

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Any suggestions?

[ESP_Sprite]

If I understand the sensors datasheet correctly, all you're doing is reading out the data register, without powering the device on or starting a measurement cycle; my guess is that is the reason why the data you read is 0. Suggest you set register 0 and 1 in your light sensor to some sane values first before trying to get the resulting data.

[physiii]

If I understand the sensors datasheet correctly, all you're doing is reading out the data register, without powering the device on or starting a measurement cycle; my guess is that is the reason why the data you read is 0. Suggest you set register 0 and 1 in your light sensor to some sane values first before trying to get the resulting data.

Appreciate the advice, I finally figured it out!

All I needed was to set the write bit (7) in the command code:

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    i2c_master_write_byte(cmd, 0x04 | 0x80, ACK_CHECK_EN);

Definitely something I will be looking out for for now on.