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hw.rpi.sensor.vl53l0x

time-of-flight (ToF) laser-ranging sensor on VL53L0X chip for Raspberry Pi

available since version: 0.9.8

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information

It can measure absolute distances up to 2m

methods:

• address set sensor i2c address. Note that the address resets when the device is powered off
  parameters:
  • ADDR new i2c address
    type: int
    required: True
    
• poll turn the sensor polling on/off
  parameters:
  • STATE poll state
    type: bool
    required: True
    

properties:

• @i2c_addr (initonly) Get/set I²C address. The value 'default' means default device I²C address (0x29)
  type: int
  range: -4..119
  default: -1
  

• @i2c_bus (initonly) Get/set I²C bus
  type: atom
  enum: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, default, none
  default: none
  

inlets:

• single distance measure
  type: control

outlets:

• float: distance in mm
  type: control

keywords:

raspberry tof sensor laser

Authors: Serge Poltavsky

License: GPL3 or later