Imaging (sensors)

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Resolved! External Trigger

Dear altruist, I need urgent help. Can I apply hardware-based external triggering in the VL53L8CX sensor by STM32 Nucleo F401RE? Will the sensor work for external triggering? Thank you 

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trisha-2 by Associate II
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VL53L8CX SCK line stuck low

 Title: VL53L8CX pulls SCK line low on ESP32 – PCB or power-up issue?Hello everyone,I’m currently developing a prototype using a VL53L8CX sensor together with an ESP32 controller. On our PCB, the sensor seems to permanently pull the SCK line low. Thi...

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Richard3 by Associate
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VL53L1X with cover glass needs calibration

HiI am using Vl53L1X to measure dark surface upto 1000 cm far.. I am using a split cover glass(specifications attached). The benefits of using the split cover is that it prevents crosstalk. But even after attaching the cover, the distance measured by...

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pthakkar by Associate II
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Resolved! VL53L4CD due diligence

Hi Community,I’m just finishing off development of a product containing VL53L4CD and need to start to think about approvals etc. ready for product launch. The product as a whole relies on human interaction, so users will be physically close to the pr...

error in vl53l8cx_check_data_ready

 I am currently trying to control a VL53L8CX sensor via SPI communication from the microcontroller mounted on a Crazyflie drone.However, inside vl53l8cx_check_data_ready(), the values in temp_buffer became as follows. Indices [0] to [2] look correct,...

VL6180X API

Hi, I'm supporting a legacy product which uses this older sensor, VL6180X.Where could I find the API source code for download? It seems that all links for "STSW-IMG003", "STSW-IMG011" etc. which are listed in the docs have been erased from the site. ...

pmak by Associate II
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Resolved! Marking on VL53L1X and VL53L1

What is the marking on the bottom side of these sensors i.e. VL53L1X and VL53L1? for eg. on the bottom of VL53L1X it is written VL53LIB...so what is the marking for VL53L sensor. Basically I want to know how can I distuingh between these 2 sensors as...

pthakkar by Associate II
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