SPAD Initialization error?

[Chris Seto]

Posted on January 23, 2017 at 18:28

I implemented the VL53L0X API in my embedded project. while the call to DataInit works fine (or, at least returns a status OK), I am getting a VL53L0X_ERROR_REF_SPAD_INIT from StaticInit.

Any ideas what this means? Also, is there some way that I can simply verify that I2C communication to the device is working? Maybe some registers that have known values on startup? I saw the examples in the datasheet, but I'd like a larger block so I could test 32bit, 16bit and 8bit reads and writes. The examples are only detailed enough to cover an 8 and 16 bit write.

Thanks,

Chris

[Nicola Ferrini]

Posted on February 21, 2017 at 14:32

Hi,

 me too I have the same problem ! Have you found out what the problem was? Could you give me some advice?

Thanks

[Théo HYVON]

Posted on June 13, 2017 at 10:28

Hi, I'm facing the same issue, I tracked the error to the enable_ref_spads() function. The comparison between the written and read map is throwing a VL53L0X_ERROR_REF_SPAD_INIT error. It seems like the write operation of the SPAD map isn't taken into account by the sensor even if the I²C dialog is working fine...

Any ideas ?Thanks !

[Théo HYVON]

Posted on June 15, 2017 at 11:40

Hello ! I found the solution to my problem. It simply came from a bad implementation of the platform VL53L0X_WriteMulti(...). I was issuing a new start condition after writing the index... Now everything is working !

Hope it could help you if you're facing this kind of issue !

[fgfg]

Hey there,

I have also same problem.

Can you help me to figure out?

Here is my code,,

int32_t VL53L0X_write_multi(uint8_t address, uint8_t index, uint8_t  *pdata, int32_t count)
{
	if (HAL_I2C_Mem_Write(&hi2c1, address, index, 1, pdata, count, 100) == HAL_OK)
		return 0;
	else
		return 1;
}
 
 
int32_t VL53L0X_read_multi(uint8_t address,  uint8_t index, uint8_t  *pdata, int32_t count)
{
	if (HAL_I2C_Mem_Read(&hi2c1, address, index, 1, pdata, count, 100) == HAL_OK)
		return 0;
	else
		return 1;
}

[tobajer]

Hi, your VL53L0X_read_multi is wrong. Take a look on datasheet:

You should send an address WRITE followed by command (index) and stop P transmission. Then start S transmission reading the data.

I've got something like this:

VL53L0X_Error VL53L0X_ReadMulti(VL53L0X_DEV Dev, uint8_t index, uint8_t *pdata, uint32_t count)
{
    return i2c_read(Dev->fd, index, pdata, count);
}
 
static int i2c_read(int fd, uint8_t cmd, uint8_t * data, uint8_t len){
	HAL_StatusTypeDef x=0;
	//__disable_irq();
    if ((x=HAL_I2C_Master_Transmit(&hi2c1, VL53L0X_addr, &cmd, 1, 100)) != HAL_OK)
    {
        return VL53L0X_ERROR_CONTROL_INTERFACE;//-x;
    }
 
    if ((x=HAL_I2C_Master_Receive(&hi2c1, VL53L0X_addr, data, len, 100)) != HAL_OK) {
        return VL53L0X_ERROR_CONTROL_INTERFACE;//+x;
    }
    //__enable_irq();
    return VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE;
}

Nevertheless I have the same problem with VL53L0X "error to the enable_ref_spads() function". I still didn't find a solution to this problem.

Before I used the same piece of VL53 by ARDUINO and it runs smoothly w/o any problems. So I know the hardware is OK. Any idea what can be wrong?

[John E KVAM]

Here is an app note that might help. Take the code from the doc and insert it to the top of your main. It will test the endian-ness of your implementation.

[ms1802]

Below is a working version.

It passes the above verification code ftom ST and I get measurement data from the sensor!

(original code it taken from the net - lost the reference to the original author - sorry!)

But, there was a bug in the original version wrt to the VL53L0X_write_multi - it did not work!

Theo's note - put me onto the right track.

Cheers

Mark

#include "stm32f4xx_hal.h"
#include "vl53l0x_def.h"
#include "vl53l0x_i2c_platform.h"
#include "string.h"
 
extern I2C_HandleTypeDef hi2c1;
 
 
int VL53L0X_i2c_init(void)
{
    return VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE;
}
 
int VL53L0X_write_multi(uint8_t deviceAddress, uint8_t index, uint8_t *pdata, uint32_t count)
{
    static uint8_t data[32];
 
    if (count >=(sizeof (data)-1) )
    {
        return  VL53L0X_ERROR_UNDEFINED;
    }
   
    data[0] = index;
    memcpy(data+1,pdata,count);
 
    HAL_StatusTypeDef status= HAL_I2C_Master_Transmit(&hi2c1, (uint16_t)deviceAddress << 1, data, count+1, 1000);  
    return status == HAL_OK ? VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE : VL53L0X_ERROR_UNDEFINED;
}
 
int VL53L0X_read_multi(uint8_t deviceAddress, uint8_t index, uint8_t *pdata, uint32_t count)
{
    HAL_StatusTypeDef status= HAL_I2C_Mem_Read(&hi2c1, (uint16_t)deviceAddress << 1, index, 1, pdata, count, 1000);
    return status == HAL_OK ? VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE : VL53L0X_ERROR_UNDEFINED;
}
 
int VL53L0X_write_byte(uint8_t deviceAddress, uint8_t index, uint8_t data)
{
    uint8_t buff[2];
    buff[0] = index;
    buff[1] = data;
 
    HAL_StatusTypeDef status = HAL_I2C_Master_Transmit(&hi2c1, (uint16_t)deviceAddress << 1, buff, 2, 1000);
    return status == HAL_OK ? VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE : VL53L0X_ERROR_UNDEFINED;
 
}
 
int VL53L0X_write_word(uint8_t deviceAddress, uint8_t index, uint16_t data)
{
    uint8_t buff[3];
    buff[2] = data & 0xFF;
    buff[1] = data >> 8;
    buff[0] = index;
 
    HAL_StatusTypeDef status = HAL_I2C_Master_Transmit(&hi2c1, (uint16_t)deviceAddress << 1, buff, 3, 1000);
    return status == HAL_OK ? VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE : VL53L0X_ERROR_UNDEFINED;
 
}
 
int VL53L0X_write_dword(uint8_t deviceAddress, uint8_t index, uint32_t data)
{
    uint8_t buff[5];
 
    buff[4] = data & 0xFF;
    buff[3] = data >> 8;
    buff[2] = data >> 16;
    buff[1] = data >> 24;
    buff[0] = index;
    HAL_StatusTypeDef status = HAL_I2C_Master_Transmit(&hi2c1, (uint16_t)deviceAddress << 1, buff, 5, 1000);
    return status == HAL_OK ? VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE : VL53L0X_ERROR_UNDEFINED;
 
}
 
int VL53L0X_read_byte(uint8_t deviceAddress, uint8_t index, uint8_t *data)
{
   HAL_StatusTypeDef status = HAL_I2C_Mem_Read(&hi2c1, (uint16_t)deviceAddress << 1, index, 1, data, 1, 1000);
   return status == HAL_OK ? VL53L0X_ERROR_NONE : VL53L0X_ERROR_UNDEFINED;
 
}
 
int VL53L0X_read_word(uint8_t deviceAddress, uint8_t index, uint16_t *data)
{
    uint8_t buff[2];
    int r = VL53L0X_read_multi(deviceAddress, index, buff, 2);
 
    uint16_t tmp;
    tmp = buff[0];
    tmp <<= 8;
    tmp |= buff[1];
    *data = tmp;
 
    return r;
}
 
int VL53L0X_read_dword(uint8_t deviceAddress, uint8_t index, uint32_t *data)
{
    uint8_t buff[4];
    int r = VL53L0X_read_multi(deviceAddress, index, buff, 4);
 
    uint32_t tmp;
    tmp = buff[0];
    tmp <<= 8;
    tmp |= buff[1];
    tmp <<= 8;
    tmp |= buff[2];
    tmp <<= 8;
    tmp |= buff[3];
 
    *data = tmp;
 
    return r;
}