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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     drivers_isl29020
+ *
+ * @{
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Default configuration for ISL29020 devices
+ *
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef ISL29020_PARAMS_H
+#define ISL29020_PARAMS_H
+
+#include "board.h"
+#include "isl29020.h"
+#include "saul_reg.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Set default configuration parameters
+ * @{
+ */
+#ifndef ISL29020_PARAM_I2C
+#define ISL29020_PARAM_I2C              I2C_DEV(0)
+#endif
+#ifndef ISL29020_PARAM_ADDR
+#define ISL29020_PARAM_ADDR             (0x44)
+#endif
+#ifndef ISL29020_PARAM_RANGE
+#define ISL29020_PARAM_RANGE            (ISL29020_RANGE_16K)
+#endif
+#ifndef ISL29020_PARAM_MODE
+#define ISL29020_PARAM_MODE             (ISL29020_MODE_AMBIENT)
+#endif
+
+#define ISL29020_PARAMS_DEFAULT         { .i2c   = ISL29020_PARAM_I2C, \
+                                          .addr  = ISL29020_PARAM_ADDR, \
+                                          .range = ISL29020_PARAM_RANGE, \
+                                          .mode  = ISL29020_PARAM_MODE,}
+/**@}*/
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Allocate some memory to store the actual configuration
+ */
+static const isl29020_params_t isl29020_params[] =
+{
+#ifdef ISL29020_PARAMS_CUSTOM
+    ISL29020_PARAMS_CUSTOM,
+#else
+    ISL29020_PARAMS_DEFAULT,
+#endif
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Additional meta information to keep in the SAUL registry
+ */
+static const saul_reg_info_t isl29020_saul_info[] =
+{
+    { .name = "isl29020" }
+};
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* ISL29020_PARAMS_H */
+/** @} */