Imaging (sensors)

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How to decode serial data from VL53L8CH?

Hello,I am trying to get histograms off of the VL53L8CH sensor. I have the sensor hooked up to an F401 and I'm using the official driver from here: https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/stsw-img043.html.When I start ranging with the sensor through ...

Resolved! Setting up X-NUCLEO-53L5A1

Hi, I have X_NUCLEO-53L5A1 expansion board. I connected this board to ESP8266 inorder to use the VL53L5CX sensor. But the sensor is not being detected.#include <Wire.h> void setup() { Serial.begin(115200); Wire.begin(4, 5); // GPIO4 (SDA), GPIO...

Resolved! Can't Read Data from VL53L8CX using STM32

Hallo Everyone,I am currently trying to retrieve data from a VL53L8CX time-of-flight distance sensor using a NUCLEO-F401RE and an X-NUCLEO-53L8A1 on STM32CubeIDE with the VL53L8CX API. However, I am struggling to get it working and have no idea what ...

gil_B by Associate II
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Resolved! Detection thresholds in VL53L8CX

Hi Team,We would like to know how the detection threshold works . There will be 16 detection threshold for 16 blocks (4x4 sensor) . Will the interrupt be fired when any one of the threshold is met or all the 16 blocks detection threshold is met ?Plea...

Vbala.1 by Associate II
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Resolved! VL53L4CD configuration and minimum distance reading

Hi to all.I'm trying the VL53L4CD nucleo expansion board. My goal is to use this ToF sensor to detect a very small change in  distace, starting from about 5 mm.The idea is use this VL53L4CD  sensor to detect if the distace become greater than 5mm. (5...

TheRaprus by Associate III
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Resolved! VL53L4CD Interrupts

HiI am using VL53L4CD for detecting presence of an object at a distance below 300mm. I have considered Examnple4 Ultra Low Power as the base. I am able to get the interrupts when an object comes below 300mm distance as expected.But in this scenario i...

pthakkar by Associate II
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VL53L4CX - Drift on static level

Hello, I'm trying to measure a static level using the VL53L4CX. The following test shows an unusual drift in the level measured by the sensor. I'm using clean water for the test and a specific tank.I performed the test without any cover glass on the ...