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==Range Time of Flight (VL53L0X) component== | ==Range Time of Flight (VL53L0X) component== | ||
A laser based range sensor designed to provide accurate range infomation for a very narrow sensing beam. Capable of sensing ranges from 50mm to 1200mm. Communication with the device is based on a I2C bus. | A laser based range sensor designed to provide accurate range infomation for a very narrow sensing beam. Capable of sensing ranges from 50mm to 1200mm. Communication with the device is based on a I2C bus. | ||
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+ | ==Component Source Code== | ||
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+ | Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_RangeTOF_VL53L0X.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_RangeTOF_VL53L0X.fcfx] | ||
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+ | Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/FlowchartView/?wfile=componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_RangeTOF_VL53L0X.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_RangeTOF_VL53L0X.fcfx] | ||
==Detailed description== | ==Detailed description== | ||
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− | + | Simple example showing the proximity detector component at work, when a proximity is detected the direction of the motor is reversed. | |
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+ | ==Macro reference== | ||
+ | ===Initialise=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;" | {| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;" | ||
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− | | width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | ''' | + | | width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise''' |
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | ||
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+ | ===ReadDistance=== | ||
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− | | width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | ''' | + | | width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''ReadDistance''' |
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− | | colspan="2" | | + | | colspan="2" | Read the current distance in mm. Returns -1 if the sensor timed out during the read operation. |
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | ||
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+ | ===ReadModel=== | ||
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE | | width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE | ||
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+ | ===ReadRegister=== | ||
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− | | width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | ''' | + | | width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''ReadRegister''' |
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE | | width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE | ||
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | ||
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | ||
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− | | width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | ''' | + | | width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''ReadRevision''' |
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | ||
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | | width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return'' | ||
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| colspan="2" | On older microcontroller devices there is a potential for the I2C hardware channel to lock up if there is not a 10ms delay between an I2C stop event and the next I2C start event. Most modern microcontrollers will not have a problem so this property can be disabled to speed up the I2C communications. | | colspan="2" | On older microcontroller devices there is a potential for the I2C hardware channel to lock up if there is not a 10ms delay between an I2C stop event and the next I2C start event. Most modern microcontrollers will not have a problem so this property can be disabled to speed up the I2C communications. | ||
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Revision as of 11:57, 3 November 2023
Author | MatrixTSL |
Version | 1.0 |
Category | Light |
Contents
Range Time of Flight (VL53L0X) component
A laser based range sensor designed to provide accurate range infomation for a very narrow sensing beam. Capable of sensing ranges from 50mm to 1200mm. Communication with the device is based on a I2C bus.
Component Source Code
Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_RangeTOF_VL53L0X.fcfx
Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_RangeTOF_VL53L0X.fcfx
Detailed description
No detailed description exists yet for this component
Examples
Simple example showing the proximity detector component at work, when a proximity is detected the direction of the motor is reversed. Detector
Macro reference
Initialise
Initialise | |
- BOOL | Return |
ReadDistance
ReadDistance | |
Read the current distance in mm. Returns -1 if the sensor timed out during the read operation. | |
- INT | Return |
ReadModel
ReadModel | |
Collects the model number from the sensor | |
- BYTE | Return |
ReadRegister
ReadRegister | |
A simple example showing a generic way to read a register using I2C. | |
- BYTE | Address |
- BYTE | Return |
ReadRegister16
ReadRegister16 | |
A simple example showing a generic way to read a register using I2C. | |
- BYTE | Address |
- UINT | Return |
ReadRevision
ReadRevision | |
Collects the revision number from the sensor | |
- BYTE | Return |
WriteRegister
WriteRegister | |
A simple example showing a generic way to write a register using I2C. | |
- BYTE | Address |
- BYTE | Data |
- VOID | Return |
WriteRegister16
WriteRegister16 | |
A simple example showing a generic way to write a register using I2C. | |
- BYTE | Address |
- UINT | Data |
- VOID | Return |