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coelner avatar coelner commented on August 15, 2024

i take care of it within the fix for HRes2 Mode.

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guillaume-dorczynski avatar guillaume-dorczynski commented on August 15, 2024

This is wrong, the result is still divided by 1.2 just before the return, so the returned value cannot be greater than 54612, so we cannot check for error. Also, 65535 is a valid light measurement.

I think, you should use a int32_t so that you can return -1 for error.

Another problem in this function, is that you don't check the return value of Wire.requestFrom. With multiple I2C devices, the actual code will read 2 bytes if available, no matter which I2C device they originate from. This means, if this sensor fail (when disconnected from the breadboard, for example), the actual code will read 2 bytes of another device and the return value will be randomized and look valid, when it should return -1 (or 65535, whatever you decide). You should change the code to something like

if ( Wire.requestFrom(BH1750_I2CADDR, 2) == 2 )
{
  level = __wire_read();
  level <<= 8;
  level |= __wire_read();
}

Similarly, you should also check the result of wire.write().

Another suggestion, add a bool parameter: readLightLevel( bool raw ), which return raw value if bool is true.

Edit: Sorry I wanted to post in #26

I have other suggestions, but I think I will just write my own library... :)

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coelner avatar coelner commented on August 15, 2024

+1 for the suggestion that we extend the library to return a raw value
In general we should decide between int32_t or float as this library get used on embedded systems which usually are bad at float calculation. Therefore we could implement a #ifdefine similiar to the debug setting where the user can decide between int32_t or float usage
the Wire.write() does not return any useful information and we already check the Wire.endTransmission() return value
@guillaume57 or you fork and send pull requests ;-)

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bjensen avatar bjensen commented on August 15, 2024

+1 @coelner's suggestion sounds like a great idea

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claws avatar claws commented on August 15, 2024

#46 updated readme to reflect the range float values being returned.

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