IR Pulse width about adafruit_apds9960 HOT 3 OPEN

Just a comment for those searching,
the GPULSE is mentioned this adafruit datasheet

Changing the pulse width will affect the power required for the gesture sensor. If the frequency is set to be higher and the amount of pulses is kept the same the effective time the internal LED is ON will decrease.

This will decrease the power required by the sensor as stated in Table 5, page 16 of the data sheet mentioned. I'm not sure how it will affect the accuracy of the gestures.

Increasing the frequency of the pulses can induce harmonics which could affect the sensor even more so a real life test is needed.

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Hiya - i think this is a documentation issue not a code issue? Could you suggest some recommended text we could add somewhere?

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Hello Ladyada
It's a long time since is entered this issue. If i remember correctly your are not able to set the frequency in the code and that was the request - to add a method for that (or a parameter in the begin method)
I changed the value in the library and tested if the TSOP reacts to a 4uS signal - and it does (given the short distance between those). I had to disable the IR receiver (TSOP) during geasure recognition.

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