ST X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 User manual

Quick Start Guide

Time-of-Flight 8x8 multizone ranging sensor with

wide field of view

expansion board based on VL53L5CX for

STM32 Nucleo

Version 1.0 (June 16th, 2021)

Agenda

#Hardware and Software overview

#Documents & Related Resources

#STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

1- Hardware and Software overview

VL53L5CX

X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 Hardware Description

•The X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 is a Time-of-Flight 8x8

multizone ranging sensor with wide field of view

and development board designed around the

VL53L5CX sensor based on ST FlightSense™

patented technology

•The VL53L5CX communicates with the STM32

Nucleo developer board host microcontroller

through an I2C link available on the Arduino UNO

R3 connector.

8x8 Multi-zone Time-of-Flight Sensor expansion board

Hardware Overview (1/2)

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Order Code: X-NUCLEO-53L5A1

Key Products on board

VL53L5CX Time-of-Flight (ToF) 8x8 multizone

ranging sensor with wide field of view

0.25, 0.5 and 1mm spacers to simulate air gaps,

with the cover glass

Latest info available at www.st.com

X-NUCLEO-53L5A1

Arduino UNO

R3 connectors

Spacers

Cover glass

Breakout boards

connectors

Breakout boards

VL53L5CX-SATEL breakout boards can be

purchased separately

•X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 expansion board

•VL53L5CX devices in custom applications can be integrated with

expansion board, or external VL53L5CX breakout.

•The breakout boards are delivered separately.

•X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 is also available as a NUCLEO Pack

(P-NUCLEO-53L5A1)

•The X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 expansion board can also be ordered

on www.st.com as part of a NUCLEO Pack with expansion board

and STM32 NUCLEO board.

•Order code: P-NUCLEO-53L5A1:

X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 expansion board and NUCLEO-F401RE full

features board.

•VL53L5CX breakout boards can be ordered separately

•Order code: VL53L5CX-SATEL

•The pack carry two breakout boards

8x8 Multi-zone Time-of-Flight Sensor expansion board

Hardware Overview (2/2)

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•The X-CUBE-TOF1 software package is a

STM32Cube expansion for the expansion boards

of the Time-of-Flight product family (including the

X-NUCLEO-53L5A1) for STM32. The source

code is based on STM32Cube to ease portability

and code sharing across different STM32 MCU

families. A sample implementation is available for

the STM32 Nucleo ranging sensor expansion

board (X-NUCLEO-53L5A1) plugged on top of

an STM32 Nucleo development board

(NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-L476RG).

Time-of-Flight sensors Software Environment

STM32Cube Software Overview

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X-CUBE-TOF1

Latest SW available at www.st.com

Key features

X-CUBE-TOF1 software description

•Driver layer (VL53L5CX ULD) for complete

management of the VL53L5CX 8x8 multi-zone

ranging sensor integrated in the X-NUCLEO- 53L5A1

expansion board.

•Easy portability across different MCU families,

thanks to STM32Cube.

•Free, user-friendly license terms.

•Sample code for ranging measurement.

Ranging measurement example

Application

STM32Cube Hardware Abstraction Layer

(HAL)

Hardware

Abstraction

Hardware

STM32 Nucleo development board

STM32 Nucleo expansion board

X-NUCLEO-53L3A2 (sense)

X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 (sense)

2- Setup & Demo Example

•1x Multi-zone ToF sensor expansion board

based on VL53L5CX (X-NUCLEO-53L5A1).

•1x STM32 Nucleo development board

(NUCLEO-F401RE for example)

•1x Laptop/PC with Windows

•1x USB type A to Mini-B USB cable

• If you don’t have an STM32 Nucleo development board,

you can order a Nucleo pack (P-NUCLEO-53L5A1):

•X-NUCLEO-53L5A1 expansion board and NUCLEO-F401RE

full features board delivered together.

Setup & Demo Examples

HW prerequisites

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X-NUCLEO-53L5A1

NUCLEO-F401RE

P-NUCLEO-53L5A1

•STSW-IMG023: Ultra Lite Driver (ULD) for VL53L5CX

•STSW-IMG024: P-NUCLEO-53L5A1 Graphical User Interface (GUI) on Windows 7 and 10

•STSW-IMG025: Linux driver for VL53L5CX

•X-CUBE-TOF1: Time-of-Flight sensors software expansion for STM32Cube.

•When you install the X-CUBE-TOF1 the installer install the directory containing the example projects here for instance :

•C:\Users\john\STM32Cube\Repository\Packs\STMicroelectronics\X-CUBE-TOF1\2.0.0-B1\Projects\STM32F401RE-

Nucleo\Examples\53L5A1\53L5A1_SimpleRanging.

Setup & Demo Examples

SW prerequisites

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Setup & Demo Examples

NUCLEO Kit driver installation

1. Connect the Nucleo pack to the PC through USB

•Wait for the board to be recognized;

the drivers are installed automatically)

•If Windows cannot install automatically the

STLINK driver, please follow step 2

2. Install the PC USB port driver to detect the Nucleo board

•Called STSW-LINK009, downloaded from www.st.com

• Unzip, extract the docs, and install “stlink_winusb_install.bat”

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=> VL53L5CX nucleo kit is ready for GUI installation

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