Get data from Raspberry Pi I2C-Pins for lightsensor TSL2561

Hi guys,

First of all, I am sort of a beginner with Matlab and the Raspberry Pi. I´m trying to measure the light intensity in 5 different places with 5 light sensors (TSL2561) through a Raspberry Pi Model 3 B combined with Matlab. It feels like I checked every website for support but didn´t really get any further.

This is the datasheet of the sensor: TSL2561

As far as I see it, I have to use the I2C-connection for the data. The problem is that I can´t read any data from the connected sensor. What I did so far to set up one sensor in Matlab:

mypi =

raspi with properties:

         DeviceAddress: 169.254.0.2                   
                  Port: 18734                         
             BoardName: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B        
         AvailableLEDs: {'led0'}                      
  AvailableDigitalPins: [4,5,6,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27]
  AvailableSPIChannels: {'CE0','CE1'}                 
     AvailableI2CBuses: {'i2c-1'}                     
      AvailableWebcams: {}                            
           I2CBusSpeed: 100000                        

Supported peripherals

>> scanI2CBus(mypi, 'i2c-1' )

ans =

1×1 cell array

    {'0x39'}

>> light=i2cdev(mypi,'i2c-1','0x39')

light =

i2cdev with properties:

        Bus: 'i2c-1'
    Address: '0x39'

From this point on I don´t really know what to do as commands like "read" or "readRegister" don´t seem to work. I propably have do way more than this command but I can´t find any support regarding this type of sensors...

Hopefully somebody has a solution for this! Thank you very much in advance! :)

[Helper]

Please check the following two documentations which might be helpful.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/supportpkg/raspberrypiio/examples/getting-started-with-matlab-support-package-for-raspberry-pi-hardware.html

https://www.mathworks.com/help/supportpkg/raspberrypiio/examples/controlling-a-4-digit-7-segment-display-using-i2c.html