Hello,
Will this configuration work? 5 VL53L4CD distance sensors connected to the MUX board which is then connected to one of the Data logger boards? Is this possible so the Data logger picks up all 5 sensors and logs their distance data together at the same time as 5 separate devices in CSV format for distance data acquisition on a robotics project. Need the distance data for a machine learning algorithm … first for model training and then for realtime data feeding into the trained model. This data needs to be acquired at least 2 to 4 times / second from each sensor and logged and timed / synced together.
It should, except the main issue you’d have is cross-talk from the infrared lasers if trying to use them simultaneously…but you could easily read them one after the other (to isolate signals and help keep them things orderly). If they are all going to be pointing different directions it also might work at-once
Here’s the hookup guide to help get started https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/qwiic-distance-sensor-vl53l1x-vl53l4cd-hookup-guide/all and for the mux Qwiic MUX Hookup Guide - SparkFun Learn
Thanks! I have the data-logger running with one. The MUX should arrive tomorrow…The “view” seems narrow so I’m hoping all 5 covering a 180 degree sweep from left to right shouldn’t cause interference since the robot will be on a narrow closed course. I’m assuming you can set some kind of offset as far as firing them with the data-logger and still have all 5 readings output on the same line of the CSV file for each distance measurement … if cross-talk turns out to be an issue?
Cheers!
Mike
Sure - sounds workable, share your results here after testing!