Outdoors is hard. The very sanative photon detector gets swamped by the sun.
But try this -
Switch from the VL53L5 to the L8. The good news is the software is nearly compatible, just swap the drivers. But the hardware is a complete change. All the pins are different and depending on how you set up, you might need another power rail.
But the L8 is significantly better in sunlight. It still won't range the 4 meters it does indoors, but you would normally expect at least a meter in bright sunlight. (Unless you point it directly at the sun. Do avoid that. It uses too much power to quench all those detects.)
Before going to all the trouble to re-design your board, consider buying the P-nucleo-53L8A1 and 'trying before you buy'. It's only $56 dollars. (if you already have the P-Nucleo from your L5, you can buy the X-nucleo-53L8A1, and just re-use the white Nucleo board.)
And do use the 4x4 mode. Works better in sun if you don't need the accuracy.
- john
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