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Using one VL6180X 20cm Time-of-Flight proximity sensor with Arduino

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Using one VL6180X 20cm Time-of-Flight proximity sensor with Arduino

This is the Arduino code for VL6180X proximity sensor with 20cm range. Sensor explaiend in this video, wiring shown for 1 sensor and for 2 or more sensor. Adafruit Library is used. Code updated to be used easity with for real application for 1 sensor or 2 or more sensors.

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 /*
 *  Arduino code 
Using single VL6180X 20cm Time-of-Flight proximity sensor with Arduino

View code for using single VL6180X sensors: https://robojax.com/learn/arduino/?vid=robojax_VL6180X_laser2

 * Original code and library by https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_VL6180X
 * 
 * Written/updated by Ahmad Shamshiri for Robojax Robojax.com
 * on Mar 10, 2021  in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
 Watch the video instruction for this sketch: https://youtu.be/_H9D0czQpSI
 


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* 
 * Code is available at http://robojax.com/learn/arduino

 * This code is "AS IS" without warranty or liability. Free to be used as long as you keep this note intact.* 
 * This code has been download from Robojax.com
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 

*/
#include <Wire.h>
#include "Adafruit_VL6180X.h"

Adafruit_VL6180X vl = Adafruit_VL6180X();

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);

  // wait for serial port to open on native usb devices
  while (!Serial) {
    delay(1);
  }
  
  Serial.println("Adafruit VL6180x test!");
  if (! vl.begin()) {
    Serial.println("Failed to find sensor");
    while (1);
  }
  Serial.println("Sensor found!");
}

void loop() {

  uint8_t range = vl.readRange();
  uint8_t status = vl.readRangeStatus();

  if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_NONE) {
    Serial.print("Range: "); Serial.print(range);
    Serial.println("mm");
  }
//  if(range <=76)
//  {
//    //do something
//  }

  // Some error occurred, print it out!
  
  if  ((status >= VL6180X_ERROR_SYSERR_1) && (status <= VL6180X_ERROR_SYSERR_5)) {
    Serial.println("System error");
  }
  else if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_ECEFAIL) {
    Serial.println("ECE failure");
  }
  else if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_NOCONVERGE) {
    Serial.println("No convergence");
  }
  else if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_RANGEIGNORE) {
    Serial.println("Ignoring range");
  }
  else if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_SNR) {
    Serial.println("Signal/Noise error");
  }
  else if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_RAWUFLOW) {
    Serial.println("Raw reading underflow");
  }
  else if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_RAWOFLOW) {
    Serial.println("Raw reading overflow");
  }
  else if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_RANGEUFLOW) {
    Serial.println("Range reading underflow");
  }
  else if (status == VL6180X_ERROR_RANGEOFLOW) {
    Serial.println("Range reading overflow");
  }
  delay(50);
}
   

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