TeraBee TeraRanger Evo User Manual
Usb and i2c/uart backboard
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- Page 1 Copyright © Terabee 2017 User Manual for TeraRanger Evo with: USB and I2C/UART backboard Hardware revision 1.0 Firmware revision 1.0.0 Terabee Website: www.teraranger.com 90 Rue Henri Fabre Technical support: support@teraranger.com 01630, Saint-Genis-Pouilly Commercial: teraranger@terabee.com 1/13...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
2 .1 Mechanical design 2 .2 Sensor handling during system assembly 3 USB backboard use 3 .1 Connecting the TeraRanger Evo to a Host Computer 3 .2 Graphical User Interface 3 .2.1 Prerequisites ... -
Page 3: Introduction
Copyright © Terabee 2017 1 Introduction The purpose of this document is to give guidelines for use and integration of the TeraRanger Evo distance sensor with (a) UART/I2C backboard, and/or (b) USB backboard using these standard communication interfaces. -
Page 4: Mechanical Design
The USB backboard comes with a standard Micro-USB connector. 3 .1 Connecting the TeraRanger Evo to a Host Computer TeraRanger Evo can interact as a virtual COM port using the following configuration: 115200 bit/s, 8 data bits, no parity bit and one stop bit. - Page 5 “HTerm.exe” document. Connect the TeraRanger Evo to your computer and select the corresponding USB port (click “R” button to refresh the port list). Select values for the following fields: (1) Baudrate, (2) Data Bits, (3) Parity, (4) Stop Bits.
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Page 6: Graphical User Interface
The virtual COM port should now be available on your PC. 3 .2.2 Basic Operation Make sure your TeraRanger Evo is connected to a USB port on your computer. Select File > Connect. You should immediately see a distance reading in millimetres and the status should change to ‘Connected’. -
Page 7: Firmware Upgrade
4 .2 I2C/UART interface The TeraRanger Evo can be controlled through I2C o r UART interfaces. It uses a single 9 pin Hirose DF13 connector for interfacing to the host system. The mating connector is a Hirose DF13-9S-1.25C with crimping contacts DF13-2630SCF (tin) or DF13-2630SCFA... -
Page 8: Backboard Leds
Copyright © Terabee 2017 The table below provides an overview of the pin out of the DF13 connector: Pin out and description (According to DF13 datasheet) Designator Description UART transmit output. 3.3V logic UART receive input. 3.3V logic Power supply and interface ground I2C serial data line. -
Page 9: Electrical Characteristics
Built-in pull-up resistors: 10kOhms on SDA and SCL The TeraRanger Evo is ‘free running’. This means that it will restart a new measurement as soon as the last one is finished. The displayed data via I2C protocol is always updated at the end of a measurement. -
Page 10: I2C Commands
I2C address. [2] V alid addresses accepted by the TeraRanger Evo are in the range 0x02 to 0x7F. Assignment of addresses within a local system is up to the system architect. For example, the I2C standard defines reserved addresses but if it is known that the ... -
Page 11: Uart Communication
0x11 0x02 The default mode of TeraRanger Evo is Binary mode. For changing the output format to Text mode, please use the following command in hexadecimal: 0 0 11 01 45 . A ccordingly, to switch back to Binary mode use the hexadecimal command: 0 0 11 02 4C . -
Page 12: Uart Output Format
New line character: \n (10 decimal / 0x0A hex) *please be aware that there is no zero-padding for leading zeros! If the TeraRanger Evo is unable to measure a distance, it will output -1\n as an error message If the target is too close (below the minimum distance), the... -
Page 13: Declaration Of Conformity
Copyright © Terabee 2017 5 Declaration of Conformity CE certified, eye-safe and RoHS compliant Terabee Website: www.teraranger.com 90 Rue Henri Fabre Technical support: support@teraranger.com 01630, Saint-Genis-Pouilly Commercial: teraranger@terabee.com 13/13...
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