Proximity Sensor: VL53L1X

Facts

Time-of-Flight (ToF) ranging sensor.

• Breakout board: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/vl53l1x-breakout

• Data sheet: https://www.st.com/en/imaging-and-photonics-solutions/vl53l1x.html

Notes

• The device emits interrupts ⟶ how could we make use of them?

• Linux kernel driver exists for VL53L0X https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/iio/proximity/vl53l0x-i2c.c

  • User space access for that driver yet unclear, research needed

  • Maybe (if only for educational purposes) hack that across /dev/i2c-1