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VL6180 GPIO0 / CE and IIC Address Change

Brian_Azzopardi
Associate II

Hello all,

 

We have multiple VL6180 sensors on a common IIC bus.

Upon system start up, we are enabling one sensor via its GPIO0 / CE pin, initialising it, changing its IIC address, disabling it, and repeating these steps for all sensors on the IIC bus.

We noticed that upon disabling the chips (GPIO0 / CE pin low) and enabling them again (GPIO0 / CE pin high) to take measurements, their address changes again to the default (0x29) and we cannot communicate with them using the newly-assigned addresses. 

Moreover, the sensors would need to be re-initialised before measurement (using the default address).

So am I correct in saying that when low, the GPIO / CE pin completely shuts down the chip and any set registers (e.g. register 0x212 that holds the IIC address) are reset to their default address? Do you have to keep the chips enabled (GPIO / CE pin high) after address is changed?

 

Thanks for your input!

 

Brian

 

 

 

Brian

RSO (RDI) at the University of Malta Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
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John E KVAM
ST Employee

Exactly - 

Your description of how to re-address the sensors is perfect, up until you disable them. Skip that bit.

Once the addresses are changed, they should be very low power. So, enable one, change its address and enable the next and change its address. Repeat as often as you have chips.

If you change all the address, you can occasionally query the original address (0x29). If any of the chips have lost power and rebooted - they will have gone back to that original address.

- john


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John E KVAM
ST Employee

Exactly - 

Your description of how to re-address the sensors is perfect, up until you disable them. Skip that bit.

Once the addresses are changed, they should be very low power. So, enable one, change its address and enable the next and change its address. Repeat as often as you have chips.

If you change all the address, you can occasionally query the original address (0x29). If any of the chips have lost power and rebooted - they will have gone back to that original address.

- john


If this or any post solves your issue, please mark them as 'Accept as Solution' It really helps. And if you notice anything wrong do not hesitate to 'Report Inappropriate Content'. Someone will review it.

Many thanks @John E KVAM !

 

Brian

Brian

RSO (RDI) at the University of Malta Department of Electronic Systems Engineering