To add to the cover glass sources, I bought some from the following site, they seem like good quality:https://www.gilisymo.com/cover-glass/52-vl53l8coverglassdustfree.html

This is good to know about the initial power draw. I just went through a weekend of trouble because of my sketchy wiring on a breadboard but was finally able to get the VL53L8CX working in both SPI and I2C to an Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect. Used USB ...