Examples¶

The following are a list of examples for lib.vishay.vcnl4200

Read distance from VCNL4200¶

Basic example to read the current values of distance and ambient light from sensor.

main.py

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# Read distance and ambient light from VCNL4200
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# Created: 2019-09-03 16:53
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import streams
from vishay.vcnl4200 import vcnl4200

streams.serial()

# Initialize sensor object on I2C0
sensor = vcnl4200.VCNL4200(I2C0)

# Read data and print it in loop
while True:
    distance = sensor.get_distance()
    light = sensor.get_ambient_light()
    print('Distance:', distance, 'Light:', light)
    sleep(100)