Component: Range Time of Flight (VL53L0X) (Light)
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Version | 1.0 |
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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.
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Examples
Simple example showing the proximity detector component at work, when a proximity is detected the direction of the motor is reversed. Detector
Downloadable macro reference
ReadModel | |
Collects the model number from the sensor | |
- BYTE | Return |
ReadRevision | |
Collects the revision number from the sensor | |
- BYTE | Return |
ReadDistance | |
Read the current distance in mm. Returns -1 if the sensor timed out during the read operation. | |
[[File:]] - | Return |
ReadRegister | |
A simple example showing a generic way to read a register using I2C. | |
- BYTE | Address |
- BYTE | Return |
WriteRegister | |
A simple example showing a generic way to write a register using I2C. | |
- BYTE | Address |
- BYTE | Data |
- VOID | Return |
Initialise | |
[[File:]] - | Return |
Initialise | |
Sets up up the communication bus and initialises the accelerometer module. Returns 0 for success and > 0 for fail. | |
- BYTE | Return |
IOSetOutputPin | |
Sets the selected digital pin to an output and assigns the output state. | |
- BYTE | Pin |
Range: 0-29 | |
[[File:]] - | State |
Range: 0-1 | |
- VOID | Return |
UARTReceive | |
Receives a data byte from the UART. Recommend calling the UARTCheckRx function first to ensure data is available. | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Channel Index: Range 0 - UART Bus Count - 1 | |
- BYTE | Return |
OneWireScanBus | |
Scans the one wire bus to detect all connected devices. Returns the number of one wire devices found. | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
- BYTE | Return |
SPIInitialise | |
Initialsie the SPI module ready for communications | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Channel Index: Range 0 - SPI Bus Count - 1 | |
- VOID | Return |
OneWireReceiveByte | |
Receives a byte from the one wire bus a bit at a time | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
- BYTE | Return |
I2CSend | |
Transmit a byte using the I2C bus | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
- BYTE | DataOut |
[[File:]] - | Return |
UARTSend | |
Send a byte via the UART module | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Channel Index: Range 0 - UART Bus Count - 1 | |
- BYTE | Data |
Data Byte to send. Range: 0-255 | |
- VOID | Return |
OneWireGetDeviceCount | |
Returns the number of devices found by the last ScanBus operation. | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Channel Index: Range 0 - I2C Bus Count - 1 | |
- BYTE | Return |
PWMSetPrescaler | |
Sets the prescaler for the PWM output | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Range: 0 - 11 | |
- BYTE | Prescaler |
- BYTE | Period |
- VOID | Return |
PWMEnable | |
Enable a PWM output | |
- BYTE | Channel |
Range: 0-11 | |
- VOID | Return |
Initialise | |
Initialise the comms to the Arduino board ready for commands to be sent. | |
- VOID | Return |
Initialise | |
- VOID | Return |