counterfit-shims-rpi-vl53l0x 0.1.0.dev3

Shims for the rpi_vl53l0x library for the CounterFit virtual IoT device app

CounterFit Shims - VL53L0X distance sensor

Shims for the Rpi-VL53L0X distance sensor.

See the Rpi-VL53L0X Docs for the API documentation.

Getting started

To use these shims, you will need to install CounterFit and have it running, with the appropriate hardware created.

• Install this package from pip:

  pip install counterfit-shims-rpi-vl53l0x
  

• Import VL53L0X using the counterfit_shims_rpi-vl53l0x package instead of the rpi-vl53l0x package, as well as importing the CounterFitConnection from the counterfit_connection module:

  from counterfit_connection import CounterFitConnection
  from counterfit_shims_rpi_vl53l0x.vl53l0x import VL53L0X
  

• Configure the connection to the CounterFit app. Change the hostname and port to where you are running it:

  CounterFitConnection.init('127.0.0.1', 5000)
  

• Write your VL53L0X code as usual, setting the I²C address to match the one you set in the CounterFit app.

  For example, create a distance sensor on port 0x29:

  distance_sensor = VL53L0X(0x29)