Hi, I am trying to use the VL53L7CX to do gesture detection for a household product. A few questions:
Do these software downloads only run on a Windows PC? https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/stsw-img035.html ? I am trying to do embedded development and gesture recognition on a microcontroller.
Are the "gestures" recognized only static signs, like a thumbs up, heart, etc? Or does ST have software or firmware written to recognize dynamic gestures, like a wave left, wave right, etc?
I am trying to write my own gesture recognition code to run directly on an embedded microcontroller. There seems to be a lot of spurious or incorrect distance data. Currently I am filtering for 1) distances not too close or too far 2) signal_per_spad must be sufficiently high and range_sigma_mm must be sufficiently low and 3) target_status = 5. Still I get bad or fake distance data.
What environmental variables could cause spurious or fake distances measurements? Reflected or ambient light?
I have tried using the motion_indicator library provided by ST, but without much luck. What exactly does it tell you? The amount of motion within each of the 64 zones? Can it be used to detect overall motion across the whole grid, like a wave? How is it sized relative to the 4x4 or 8x8 grid?
Anything else I should know about using the sensor? Am happy to provide more info if you have questions on the application.
Thanks very much!
