Datasheet

See the simpletest.py example (https://adafru.it/C64) for a complete demo of printing the range every second. Save

this as code.py on the board and examine the REPL output to see the range printed every second.

That's all there is to using the VL53L0X with CircuitPython!

Full Example Code

# Simple demo of the VL53L0X distance sensor.

# Will print the sensed range/distance every second.

import time

import board

import busio

import adafruit_vl53l0x

# Initialize I2C bus and sensor.

i2c = busio.I2C(board.SCL, board.SDA)

vl53 = adafruit_vl53l0x.VL53L0X(i2c)

# Optionally adjust the measurement timing budget to change speed and accuracy.

# See the example here for more details:

# https://github.com/pololu/vl53l0x-arduino/blob/master/examples/Single/Single.ino

# For example a higher speed but less accurate timing budget of 20ms:

#vl53.measurement_timing_budget = 20000

# Or a slower but more accurate timing budget of 200ms:

#vl53.measurement_timing_budget = 200000

# The default timing budget is 33ms, a good compromise of speed and accuracy.

# Main loop will read the range and print it every second.

while True:

print('Range: {0}mm'.format(vl53.range))

time.sleep(1.0)