Imaging (sensors)

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Resolved! vl53l0/1xv2 interface to 3rd-party MCU/MPU

hi anyone can please help me for the integrating vl53l0 sensor with rx71m mcu,because i am not getting specific document for communicating it with rx71m over i2c please support

Mak by Associate
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Resolved! Vl53L5/VL53L7 temperature reading

Hi,i am using both the VL53L5 and L7 in a quite limited space, where the sensor need to run in the 8x8 continuous mode. Therefore, the thermal design is quite challenging.  So, my question is: what temperature does the sensor specifically deliver wit...

lukaskn by Associate II
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Resolved! vl53l5cx_set_VHV_repeat_count not found

In the guide to using the VL53L5CX multizone Time-of-Flight ranging sensor it's described that for periodic temperature compensation the function vl53l5cx_set_VHV_repeat_count has to be called.I can't find the function in any header or c file.

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Resolved! VL53L5/L7CX target status validity

Hello,the VL53L5CX and L7CX ULD guides mention that a target status of 6 and 9 should be considered with a confidence of 50 %, while a comment in the api.h file says that  "5 & 9 means ranging OK", which gives the impression of a higher confidence ra...

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Resolved! How exactly do I read the histogram on VL53L8CH

Hello Community, I am new here and new to this field as well. I am currently using the VL53L8CH Lidar Sensor which has a MZAI some GUI tool to access and save data logs along with some visualizations of the data.I am currently doing some experimentat...

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Resolved! Calibration card

Calibration of ToF sensors requires a target which is '17% reflective'. Can I take it this means a simple peice of paper or card printed on a laser printer at 83% black (greyscale)?Thanks

Resolved! Wait for sensor booted fails

I was using the sensor until now on an Raspberry Pi with direct access to the I2C bus without problems.Now I use an FT260 USB-I2C interface to communicate to the sensor from a PC via USB. In principle the communication is working, e.g. vl53l5cx_is_al...

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Resolved! VL53L4CX / CD Calibration

Hi there,  I am using multiple VL53L4CX sensors and the target is a person's hand within a 60cm range. I am wondering if there is a specific calibration method for a hand within a shorter range (60cm), to improve readings. Right now I am just using t...

vl53l5cx_check_data_ready returns C5 GO2 error

I was able to run the vl53l5cx demo, however when calling 53l5cx_check_data_ready, I see that it reported a 'GO2'error. The code is C5.The content of the (relevant?) config.tempbuffer is 0, 5, C5, 81.How to figure out what is wrong here, is there an ...

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