Thank you for your answer :D
Yes the pullups are in place and the I2C frequency is set to 100KHz. Also based on the datasheet the chip address is 0x52.
After looking at the notes for VL53L0X API and its application notes I was able to write a program for this sensor but I'm currently stuck at sensor initialization (VL53L0X_DataInit function in the API). By using the debugger I found out that this function returns an error at the very end of its execution. Do you have any idea what might have cause this error?
UPDATE!!!: So I fixed the error by changing the I2C frequency from 100KHz to 400KHz. Weird! I still don't know why it wasn't working properly with 100 KHz frequency.
You can see how I initialized my sensor in the code below:
VL53L0X_Dev_t device;
device.I2cHandle = &hi2c1;
device.I2cDevAddr = 0x52;
device.Present = 0;
device.Id = 0;
VL53L0X_Error Status = VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE;
uint32_t refSpadCount = 0;
uint8_t isApertureSpads = 0;
uint8_t VhvSettings = 0;
uint8_t PhaseCal = 0;
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_DataInit(&device); // Here's where I get my error
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status=VL53L0X_StaticInit(&device);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_PerformRefSpadManagement(&device, &refSpadCount, &isApertureSpads);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_PerformRefCalibration(&device, &VhvSettings, &PhaseCal);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_SetReferenceSpads(&device, refSpadCount, isApertureSpads);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_SetRefCalibration(&device, VhvSettings, PhaseCal);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_SetDeviceMode(&device, VL53L0X_DEVICEMODE_CONTINUOUS_RANGING);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_SetLimitCheckValue(&device, VL53L0X_CHECKENABLE_SIGNAL_RATE_FINAL_RANGE, (FixPoint1616_t)(0.25*65536));
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
// High Speed
Status = VL53L0X_SetLimitCheckValue(&device, VL53L0X_CHECKENABLE_SIGMA_FINAL_RANGE, (FixPoint1616_t)(32*65536));
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_SetMeasurementTimingBudgetMicroSeconds(&device, 20000);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_SetVcselPulsePeriod(&device, VL53L0X_VCSEL_PERIOD_PRE_RANGE, 14);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_SetVcselPulsePeriod(&device, VL53L0X_VCSEL_PERIOD_FINAL_RANGE, 10);
}
if (Status == VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE)
{
Status = VL53L0X_StartMeasurement(&device);
}
