Datasheet
ENS160 Datasheet v0.95 preliminary / December 2020
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15 Operation
At power-up, the ENS160 configures itself from a reset state and prepares for commands
over the serial bus via either I
2
C or SPI Protocols.
The default state is OPMODE 0x01, which is an IDLE condition that enables ENS160 so that it
may respond to several commands. In this mode it is not operating as a gas sensor.
OPMODE 0x00 is a very low power standby state, called DEEP SLEEP.
Active OPMODEs are described further in the OPMODE Register section.
Figure 17 Orchestration of Operational Modes
Note: When the active gas sensing OPMODE (e.g. 0x02 = STANDARD) is running, new data is
notified either via the interrupt (INTn) or by polling the DATA_STATUS register. The output
of the gas sensing OPMODEs are presented in the DATA_XXX registers which can be read at
any time.