2025-10-04 2:25 PM - last edited on 2025-10-05 5:35 AM by Peter BENSCH
Hello,
I am having a hard time finding which software pack this file vl53l8cx_def.h is in?
I think once I get that I should be get the zones if Im understanding the error correctly. Please advise.
If it helps with the solution I am trying to use the P-NUCLEO-53L8A1 and VL53L8CHV0GC to generate 3D point clouds.
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2025-10-10 12:53 PM
This is an interesting one...
Somehow you are trying to build without using some configuration or other and it's sending you the wrong direction.
If you want a point cloud, you don't need the VL53L8CH. It can do it, but you are wasting a lot of bandwidth sending Compressed Normalize Histogram (CNH) data around.
Take your setup and use the code for the VL53L8CX code - you already have it downloaded -STSW-IMG040.zip.
Just build that and you will get the distances for each zone. And from that you can build your point cloud.
And with a little luck, learning how that code works will show you where you went wrong building the VL53L8CH code. (Although I have to admit, I cannot understand where you went wrong. )
- john
2025-10-07 6:29 PM
Hi Rhagg28,
Could you please let me know what software package you are not seeing vl53l8cx_def.h in? We took a look on our end and couldn't find it either. I need to ask internally about this file.
Elias
2025-10-09 4:39 PM
Hello Elias,
These are all the packs that I ended up looking throught from the software portion of ST micros website
2025-10-10 12:53 PM
This is an interesting one...
Somehow you are trying to build without using some configuration or other and it's sending you the wrong direction.
If you want a point cloud, you don't need the VL53L8CH. It can do it, but you are wasting a lot of bandwidth sending Compressed Normalize Histogram (CNH) data around.
Take your setup and use the code for the VL53L8CX code - you already have it downloaded -STSW-IMG040.zip.
Just build that and you will get the distances for each zone. And from that you can build your point cloud.
And with a little luck, learning how that code works will show you where you went wrong building the VL53L8CH code. (Although I have to admit, I cannot understand where you went wrong. )
- john
2025-10-11 3:00 PM - edited 2025-10-11 3:10 PM
Hello John,
Thank you for your help and insight on these things. I am new to this and eager to learn.
Are there any youtube videos that you could recommend for beginners?
Best Regards,
Ryan