ST X-NUCLEO-6283A1 User manual

Quick Start Guide
Hybrid filter multispectral sensor with light flicker
engine multi target sensor
expansion board based on VD6283 for
STM32 Nucleo
Version 1.0 (Apr 22, 2021)

Agenda
#Hardware and Software overview
#Documents & Related Resources
#STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

1- Hardware and Software overview

VD6283
Ambient Light Sensor expansion board
Hardware Overview (1/2)
X-NUCLEO-6283A1 Hardware Description
•The X-NUCLEO-6283A1 is a hybrid filter
multispectral sensor with light flicker engine multi
target sensor and development board designed
around the VD6283 sensor based on STAmbient
Light Sensor technology
•The VD6283 communicates with the STM32
Nucleo developer board host microcontroller
through an I2C link available on theArduino UNO
R3 connector.
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Order Code: X-NUCLEO-6283A1
VD6283
breakout
boards
Key Products on board
VD6283 ambient light with multi target detection
detection sensor module
VD6283 breakout boards
Latest info available at www.st.com
X-NUCLEO-6283A1
Arduino
UNO R3
connectors

•X-NUCLEO-6283A1 expansion board
•VD6283 devices in custom applications can be integrated with
expansion board, or external VD6283 breakout.
•The breakout boards are delivered separately.
•X-NUCLEO-6283A1 is also available as a NUCLEO Pack
(P-NUCLEO-6283A1)
•The X-NUCLEO-6283A1 expansion board can also be ordered
on www.st.com as part of a NUCLEO Pack with expansion board
and STM32 NUCLEO board.
•Order code: P-NUCLEO-6283A1:
X-NUCLEO-6283A1 expansion board and NUCLEO-F401RE full
features board.
•VD6283 breakout boards can be ordered separately
•Order code: VD6283-SATEL
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Ambient Light Sensor expansion board
Hardware Overview (2/2)

•The X-CUBE-ALS software package is an
STM32Cube expansion for the X-NUCLEO-
6283A1 expansion board for STM32. The source
code is based on STM32Cube to ease portability
and code sharing across different STM32 MCU
families. An sample implementation is available
for the STM32 Nucleo ambient light sensor
expansion board (X-NUCLEO-6283A1) plugged
on top of an STM32 Nucleo development board
(NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-L476RG).
Ambient Light Sensor expansion board
STM32Cube Software Overview
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X-CUBE-6283A1
Latest SW available at www.st.com
Key features
X-CUBE-ALS software description
•Driver layer (VD6283A1API) for complete
management of the VD6283A1 ambient light
sensor integrated in the X-NUCLEO- VD6283A1
expansion board.
•Easy portability across different MCU families,
thanks to STM32Cube.
•Free, user-friendly license terms.
•Sample code for ambient light measurement.
ALS measurement example
Application
STM32Cube Hardware Abstraction Layer
(HAL)
Hardware
Abstraction
Hardware
STM32 Nucleo development board
STM32 Nucleo expansion board
X-NUCLEO-6283A1(sense)

2- Setup & Demo Example

Setup & Demo Examples
HW prerequisites
•1x Ranging sensor expansion board
based on VD6283 (X-NUCLEO-6283A1).
•1x STM32 Nucleo development board
(NUCLEO-F401RE)
•1x Laptop/PC with MS Windows
•1x USB type A to Mini-B USB cable
• If you don’t have an STM32 Nucleo development board,
you can order a Nucleo pack (P-NUCLEO-6283A1):
•X-NUCLEO-6283A1 expansion board and NUCLEO-F401RE
full features board delivered together.
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X-NUCLEO-6283A1
NUCLEO-F401RE
P-NUCLEO-6283A1

Setup & Demo Examples
SW prerequisites
•STSW-IMG016: P-NUCLEO-6283A1 Graphical User Interface (GUI) on Windows 7 and 10
•X-CUBE-6283A1: P-NUCLEO-6283A1 software expansion. Copy the .zip file content into a
folder on your PC; the package will contain the API software driver, a simple ranging source
code example (Keil, IAR, STM32CubeIDE) based on NUCLEO-F401RE for STM32Cube,
and all the necessary documentation.
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Setup & Demo Examples
NUCLEO Kit driver installation
1. Connect the Nucleo pack to the PC through USB
•Wait for the board to be recognized;
the drivers are installed automatically)
•If Windows cannot install automatically the
STLINK driver, please follow step 2
2. Install the PC USB port driver to detect the Nucleo board
•Called STSW-LINK009, downloaded from www.st.com
• Unzip, extract the docs, and install “stlink_winusb_install.bat”
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=> VD6283 NUCLEO Kit is ready for GUI installation