import pimoroni_i2c import breakout_vl53l5cx import time from ulab import numpy from motor import Motor, pico_motor_shim from pimoroni import NORMAL_DIR, REVERSED_DIR # The VL53L5CX requires a firmware blob to start up. # Make sure you upload "vl53l5cx_firmware.bin" via Thonny to the root of your filesystem # You can find it here: https://github.com/ST-mirror/VL53L5CX_ULD_driver/blob/no-fw/lite/en/vl53l5cx_firmware.bin # This example attempts to track a "bright" object (such as a white business card). # It uses reflectance to identify the target and compute the X/Y coordinates # of its "center of mass" in the sensors view. # We then use the object tracking to drive a little robot towards a business card onna stick! # Motion indication only works at distances > 400mm so it's not # really useful as a method to reject data. # Configure your distance and brightness thresholds to suit your object DISTANCE_THRESHOLD = 400 # Distance in mm REFLECTANCE_THRESHOLD = 60 # Estimated reflectance in % PINS_BREAKOUT_GARDEN = {"sda": 4, "scl": 5} PINS_PICO_EXPLORER = {"sda": 20, "scl": 21} # Sensor startup time is proportional to i2c baudrate # HOWEVER many sensors may not run at > 400KHz (400000) i2c = pimoroni_i2c.PimoroniI2C(**PINS_BREAKOUT_GARDEN, baudrate=2_000_000) # Speed / distance constants for the robot - modify these to change driving behaviour! DRIVING_SPEED = 0.7 # The speed to drive the wheels at when going forward TURNING_SPEED = 0.2 # The speed to drive the wheels at when turning GOAL_DISTANCE = 100.0 # The distance in mm the robot will keep an object in front of it SPEED_RANGE = 50.0 # The distance an object is from the goal that will have the robot drive at full speed # Setup the left and right motors - we're connecting our motors via a Motor SHIM for Pico. # Swap the directions if this is different to your setup left = Motor(pico_motor_shim.MOTOR_1, direction=REVERSED_DIR) right = Motor(pico_motor_shim.MOTOR_2, direction=NORMAL_DIR) # Setup the VL53L5CX sensor print("Starting up sensor...") t_sta = time.ticks_ms() sensor = breakout_vl53l5cx.VL53L5CX(i2c) t_end = time.ticks_ms() print("Done in {}ms...".format(t_end - t_sta)) # Make sure to set resolution and other settings *before* you start ranging sensor.set_resolution(breakout_vl53l5cx.RESOLUTION_8X8) sensor.set_ranging_frequency_hz(15) sensor.start_ranging() while True: time.sleep(1.0 / 60) if sensor.data_ready(): # "data" is a namedtuple (attrtuple technically) # it includes average readings as "distance_avg" and "reflectance_avg" # plus a full 4x4 or 8x8 set of readings (as a 1d tuple) for both values. data = sensor.get_data() reflectance = numpy.array(data.reflectance).reshape((8, 8)) distance = numpy.array(data.distance).reshape((8, 8)) scalar = 0 target_distance = 0 n_distances = 0 # Filter out unwanted reflectance values for ox in range(8): for oy in range(8): d = distance[ox][oy] r = reflectance[ox][oy] if d > DISTANCE_THRESHOLD or r < REFLECTANCE_THRESHOLD: reflectance[ox][oy] = 0 else: scalar += r # Get a total from all the distances within our accepted target for ox in range(8): for oy in range(8): d = distance[ox][oy] r = reflectance[ox][oy] if r > 0: target_distance += d n_distances += 1 # Average the target distance if n_distances > 0: target_distance /= n_distances else: target_distance = 0 # Flip reflectance now we've applied distance # both fields are upside-down! reflectance = numpy.flip(reflectance, axis=0) # Calculate the center of mass along X and Y x = 0 y = 0 if scalar > 0: for ox in range(8): for oy in range(8): y += reflectance[ox][oy] * ox y /= scalar y /= 3.5 y -= 1.0 for oy in range(8): for ox in range(8): x += reflectance[ox][oy] * oy x /= scalar x /= 3.5 x -= 1.0 print("Object detected at x: {:.2f}, y: {:.2f}".format(x, y)) # Our robot will try and keep the object a goal distance in front of it. # If the object gets closer it will reverse, if the object gets further away it will drive forward. scale = (target_distance - GOAL_DISTANCE) / SPEED_RANGE spd = max(min(scale, 1.0), -1.0) * DRIVING_SPEED print("Distance is {:.1f} mm. Speed is {:.2f}".format(target_distance, spd)) left.speed(spd - (x * TURNING_SPEED)) right.speed(spd + (x * TURNING_SPEED)) else: left.coast() right.coast()