Datasheet

Pinouts

The TSL2591 is a I2C sensor. That means it uses the two I2C data/clock wires available on most microcontrollers, and

can share those pins with other sensors as long as they don't have an address collision. For future reference, the I2C

address is 0x29 and you

can't

change it!

Power Pins:

Vin - this is the power pin. Since the chip uses 3 VDC, we have included a voltage regulator on board that will

take 3-5VDC and safely convert it down. To power the board, give it the same power as the logic level of your

microcontroller - e.g. for a 5V micro like Arduino, use 5V

3vo - this is the 3.3V output from the voltage regulator, you can grab up to 100mA from this if you like

GND - common ground for power and logic

I2C Logic pins:

SCL - I2C clock pin, connect to your microcontrollers I2C clock line.

SDA - I2C data pin, connect to your microcontrollers I2C data line.

Other Pins:

INT - this is the INTerrupt pin from the sensor. It can be programmed to do a couple different things by noodling

with the i2c registers. For example trigger when a conversion is done, or when the light level has changed a lot,

etc. We don't have library support for this pin