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got the vl53l1x breakout board for my university project but cant tell from the schematic which hole is connected to which pin. so if any one could tell or show me that would be great thanks

Sthom.1
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John E KVAM
ST Employee

The trouble is that there are dozens of break-out boards for the VL53L1X.

ST makes one which has a square soldering pad on pin 1. When viewed from the sensor side of the board, with the sensor orentated to north and the connector south, pin one will be in the south-east corner.

But look for the solder pad that is square, rather than round. That's pin one on most connectors.

The ST board is marked PCB1540 Rev B.

But if the board is made by any one of the other vendors, then all bets are off.

Good luck,

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John E KVAM
ST Employee

The trouble is that there are dozens of break-out boards for the VL53L1X.

ST makes one which has a square soldering pad on pin 1. When viewed from the sensor side of the board, with the sensor orentated to north and the connector south, pin one will be in the south-east corner.

But look for the solder pad that is square, rather than round. That's pin one on most connectors.

The ST board is marked PCB1540 Rev B.

But if the board is made by any one of the other vendors, then all bets are off.

Good luck,

  • john

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thanks.

yes this is the one marked PCB1540 Rev B.

is the pin out in the same order as j1 from the https://www.st.com/resource/en/data_brief/vl53l1x-satel.pdf schematic ?

with pin 3 being the pin west of pin 1

John E KVAM
ST Employee

that's the board! Just find pin1 (square pad) and you are all set. And yes, there is an even row and an odd row. Pin 3 is next to pin 1 on the same row.


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Sthom.1
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legend,

thanks

Sthom.1
Associate II

is there a way to get the device working on an esp32 board in micropython as the addresses are left of the datasheets?