Datasheet

Pinouts

The VL6180X is a I2C sensor. That means it uses the two I2C data/clock wires available on most microcontrollers, and

can share those pins with other sensors as long as they don't have an address collision. For future reference, the I2C

address is 0x29 and you

can't

change it!

Power Pins:

Vin - this is the power pin. Since the chip uses 2.8 VDC, we have included a voltage regulator on board that will

take 3-5VDC and safely convert it down. To power the board, give it the same power as the logic level of your

microcontroller - e.g. for a 5V micro like Arduino, use 5V

2v8 - this is the 2.8V output from the voltage regulator, you can grab up to 100mA from this if you like

GND - common ground for power and logic

I2C Logic pins:

SCL - I2C clock pin, connect to your microcontrollers I2C clock line.

SDA - I2C data pin, connect to your microcontrollers I2C data line.

STEMMA QT (https://adafru.it/Ft4) - These connectors allow you to connectors to dev boards with STEMMA QT

connectors or to other things with various associated accessories (https://adafru.it/Ft6)

Control Pins:

GPIO - this is a pin that is used by the sensor to indicate that data is ready. It's useful for when doing continuous

sensing. Note there is no level shifting on this pin, you may not be able to read the 2.8V-logic-level voltage on a

5V microcontroller (we could on an arduino UNO but no promises). Our library doesn't make use of this pin but

for advanced users, it's there!

XSHUT/SHDN - the shutdown pin for the sensor. By default it's pulled high. There's a level-shifting diode so you

can use 3-5V logic on this pin. When the pin is pulled low, the sensor goes into shutdown mode.

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-vl6180x-time-of-flight-micro-lidar-

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