Imaging (sensors)

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Resolved! Multi tof sensors to one I2C bus

I am trying to connect two VL53L8CX time of flight sensors to STM32F401RET6. I need one I2C bus for both sensors but unable to assign slave address dynamically. I need to know where to modify the program in stm32cube IDE

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Resolved! TOF sensor distinguishing between object and person

Hi all,I'm working on a product that uses a TOF sensor (exact type# TBD) to identify if someone(s face) who is sitting in a chair is present within a certain distance and angle (around 20 degrees). If the right conditions are met the product should b...

TH3 by Associate II
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Resolved! Vl6180x cross-talk calibration procedure

I am currently trying to perform the Cross-talk calibration procedure, but I am confused because the procedures mentioned in the documents "Proximity and ambient light sensing (ALS) module" and "VL6180X cross talk compensation implementation" are som...

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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.

PBoer.1 by Associate II
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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...

koch by Associate II
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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