VEML6070 maximum value

[giorgio_new]

Hello, I am using this component: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-vem ... t?view=all
What is the maximum value I can get? I am confused by what the datasheet describes about that... Can you help me?

[giorgio_new]

Any idea???

[adafruit_support_carter]

What is the maximum value I can get?

Do you mean what is the maximum value you'll get back from some library function call? If so, what library are you using?

Or do you want to know what the max range of the sensor is? For that, look in the datasheet:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-vem ... /downloads

[giorgio_new]

Yes I mean what is the min and max values I can get from the library function call...? I use the Adafruit library.

[adafruit_support_carter]

The reading is returned as a 16 bit unsigned integer, so possible value range is 0 to 65535.

[giorgio_new]

Ok, but here: https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/a ... ml6070.pdf it says: 5 steps per μW/cm^2/step. So 65535/5 = 13107 μW = 13 mW, but the datasheet says maximum optical power = 328 mW... What I miss here?

[adafruit_support_carter]

That's the possible range for the sensor. You may not see the full range of a uint16_t (what the library returns) due to actual physical limits of the sensor. That's the sort of information you'd get from the datasheet.