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Associate III
December 25, 2025
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VL53L0x save power

  • December 25, 2025
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Hi,

   vl53L0x goto sleep and wakeup to reduce power.

  I used single_mode,program as follow:

   I find add 

         sensor_init(dev,vl53_mode);            //activa
  The measurement time was 600 mS. long more than not add  this function?
  how  to reduce the time?

     

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Best answer by Zhiyuan.Han

Hi 

As long as you don't power off the sensor, and only let sensor go into sleep mode, there is no need to call the initiation function. 

Initialization will take long time as it includes many registers settings inside. 

 

 

Br

Zhiyuan.Han

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zhyAuthor
Associate III
December 25, 2025

zhy_0-1766631215684.png  used sleep wakeup  or not used sleep wakeup

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Zhiyuan.Han
Zhiyuan.HanBest answer
Technical Moderator
January 4, 2026

Hi 

As long as you don't power off the sensor, and only let sensor go into sleep mode, there is no need to call the initiation function. 

Initialization will take long time as it includes many registers settings inside. 

 

 

Br

Zhiyuan.Han

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