VL53L0X Time Of Flight sensor

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Overview

This sample periodically measures distance between vl53l0x sensor and target. The result is displayed on the console. It shows the usage of all available channels including private ones.

Requirements

This sample uses the VL53L0X sensor controlled using the I2C interface.

References

VL53L0X: https://www.st.com/en/imaging-and-photonics-solutions/vl53l0x.html

Building and Running

This project outputs sensor data to the console. It requires a VL53L0X sensor, which is present on the disco_l475_iot1 board.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b None samples/sensor/vl53l0x/
west flash

Sample Output

prox is 0
distance is 1874 mm
Max distance is 000 mm
Signal rate is 33435 Cps
Ambient rate is 17365 Cps
SPADs used: 195
Status: OK

prox is 0
distance is 1888 mm
Max distance is 000 mm
Signal rate is 20846 Cps
Ambient rate is 25178 Cps
SPADs used: 195
Status: OK

<repeats endlessly every 5 seconds>

See also

Sensor Interface