VL53L0X time-of-flight distance with ESP32

Supply 3.3-5 V Bus I2C I2C address 0x29 Measures distance

Pins and ESP32 wiring

Pin	Role	ESP32 pin	Notes
VIN	Power	3V3
GND	Ground	GND
SCL	I2C clock (SCL)	D22
SDA	I2C data (SDA)	D21
XSHUT	Input (the ESP32 drives it)	D25	Shutdown, active LOW. Optional; needed to use several sensors
GPIO1	Interrupt	D35	Interrupt output, optional

Suggested wiring for the 30-pin ESP32 DevKit, avoiding flash, input-only and strapping pins. BoardPilot checks it for you as you wire.

Check it is the real chip

Read register 0xC0: a genuine part answers 0xEE. BoardPilot does this automatically in “Debug a problem”.

Starter code (Arduino)

#include <Wire.h>

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Wire.begin(21, 22);  // SDA = GPIO 21, SCL = GPIO 22
  Wire.beginTransmission(0x29);
  bool found = Wire.endTransmission() == 0;
  Serial.println(found ? "VL53L0X time-of-flight distance found at 0x29" : "Not found: check power, GND and SDA/SCL");
}

void loop() {}

Sources

ST VL53L0X datasheet, Default I2C address 0x29 (0x52 8-bit)
ST VL53L0X API user manual, Reference register 0xC0 reads 0xEE

Try it in 3D in BoardPilot

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