I’ve been trying to get the LIDAR-lite v3HP to connect to my raspberry pi via i2c for the past 3 days and have been unsuccessful.
I’ve followed the hookup guide with 680 μF capacitor and 4.7 kΩ resistors and any time I try to detect the sensor (hooked up to pins 3 and 5 on the raspberry pi) with i2cdetect -y 1 I don’t see any device on the bus.
I’ve tried using the 5v on the pi as well as a separate 5v ps hooked directly to the lidar sensor and neither changed the behavior.
I also tried with a rpi 2b and rpi 4b. Both with fresh, up to date firmware and raspbian installation.
I re-soldered the connections to the lidar wires and verified there is power on red and black.
Is there some other way to figure out if the device is defective? This is my first time using i2c but not my first time using a LIDAR sensor.
My other thought was to try PWM mode but I’m not sure which pins on the pi to connect to to try that.
I don’t have an arduino to test the sample code on the hookup guide but I do have a pi pico if that would be better to test with.
Thank you for the help