howardpchen/rpi-robot

rpi-robot

Time of Flight VL53L0X sensor

sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev

git clone https://github.com/johnbryanmoore/VL53L0X_rasp_python.git

cd VL53L0X_rasp_python

make

You need to then copy the library and the driver py file to the home directory

From the git folder (VL53L0X_rasp_python) cp python/VL53L0X.py .

Chang the new copy of the code reflect new path of the bin Path may be relative or absolute.

line 68: tof_lib = CDLL("/home/pi/rpicontrols/VL53L0X_rasp_python/bin/vl53l0x_python.so")

You will want to copy the template config file to its own file, and populate it with thingsboard API key.

cp config_rpi.py.bak config_rpi.py