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Background Noise using SPAD array

Heya,  Is it possible to see the background light (intensity/histogram) without actually transmitting, using a VL53L8 or VL53L9?We don't want to measure the distance to objects. We just want to be able to use the SPAD array to get histogram for each ...

shjayago by Associate
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Difference between the VL53L7 CH and CX variants

What's the difference between the following sensor variants:VL53L7CHVL53L7CXFrom what I've seen from going through the available product documents, they are all the same, performance-wise (range, frequency, FoV etc).Difference between the CH and CX s...

DMeie.2 by Senior II
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VL53L5CX driver vl53l5cx_init() fails

The Ultra Light Driver (STSW-IMG023) init function vl53l5cx_init() fails in this section :/* Get offset NVM data and store them into the offset buffer */   status |= WrMulti(&(p_dev->platform), 0x2fd8,   (uint8_t*)VL53L5CX_GET_NVM_CMD, sizeof(VL53...

Peter111 by Associate II
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Resolved! Clarification on "XY binning" in BrightSense

Hi ST Support,A few datasheets for the BrightSense series, eg. um3224, show an option under CFG: Streaming readout mode control which is not precisely described in the documentation."-0x06: = XY binning x2"How does this differ from "-0x01: = digital ...

ple by Associate
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Resolved! vl53l1 measurement takes up to 30 seconds

Hi, I use 2 VL53L1 Sensoren via I2C for measuring distance. At first I used a raspberry pi and the provided API and it seems to work properly and all fine. Since I need to reduce my power consumption I migrated my Code to an atmega644 and therfore I ...

The definition of Depth in VL53L TOF sensors

Hello, I have a FUNDAMENTAL question: TOF VL53 series  sensors report a depth map. Is the depth the "Euclidean distance from the origin (0, 0, 0) to the point (X,Y,Z)" ? or is the orthogonal distance from the camera chip plane to the measured point a...

Yunlion by Associate II
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ST VD56G3 Captured Image Overlapping

Hi  I am using ST VD56G3 camera to capture .raw image from NXP IMX8m embedded board. I was able to capture the raw file using the following command. gst-launch-1.0 -e v4l2src device=/dev/video2 ! "video/x-raw, format=NV12, width=1120, height=1360, fr...

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