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

Setup & Demo Examples
VD6283 GUI software installation
•Evaluate ALS data
•Evaluate Flicker data
•Change key parameters of VD6283
•Display real time main data (ALS, Lux, CCT, Flicker),
•Get data logging (.csv file)
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•Perform HW installation and connect the VD6283 NUCLEO pack( X-NUCLEO-
6283A1 expansion board + STM32 Nucleo board) to the PC
•Install the GUI SW for VD6283 Demo and configuration settings
•Called STSW-IMG301, downloaded from www.st.com
• Unzip, extract the docs, and install “VD6283_setup.exe”
•Run the installer with Admin privileges
GUI is generally the first step to evaluate the device
The Graphical User Interface can:

Setup & Demo Examples
VD6283 GUI software installation
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Setup & Demo Examples
X-CUBE-ALS software installation
•Perform HW installation and connect the NUCLEO kit ( P-NUCLEO-6283A1)
to the PC
•Install the X-CUBE-ALS SW package
•Called X-CUBE-ALS, downloaded from www.st.com
•Unzip, extract the docs, and the X-CUBE-ALS folder directory appears
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X-CUBE software package contents:API SW + SW examples
Generic Nucleo & SW installation guide
VD6283 API driver
VD6283 project examples for ALS / Flicker / Lux & CCT:
- pre-compiled binary files to evaluate the sensor
- STM32 IDE with projects on STM32CubeIDE, Keil and IAR
There is the same folder for STM32L476RG-Nucleo

VD6283 Ambient Light Sensor expansion board
Evaluation code example (.bin) using X-CUBE-ALS
and a NUCLEO Pack
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Open: UM2867 (Getting started with X-NUCLEO-ALS
ranging sensor with multi target detection expansion
board based on for STM32 Nucleo) and follow the
instructions
Drag and
drop to

VD6283 Ambient Light Sensor expansion board
Start programming with code examples
using X-CUBE-ALS and a NUCLEO Pack
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Open project example for
ALS Values measurement
And
Modify, build application SW
Open: UM2867 (Getting started with X-NUCLEO-ALS
Ambient Light Sensor expansion board based on VD6283
for STM32 Nucleo) and follow the instructions
We find same folders and same files as above

3- Documents & Related Resources

Documents & Related Resources
VD6283: Product Folder
•DS13380: Ambient Light Sensor - data sheet
X-NUCLEO-ALS: Product Folder
•DB4481: Ambient Light Sensor expansion board based on VD6283 for STM32 Nucleo –data brief
•X-NUCLEO-ALS-6283A1 Quick start guide : Long distance ambient light sensor expansion board -( this document )
•UM2858:Getting started with X-NUCLEO-ALS Ambient Light Sensor expansion board based on VD6283 for STM32 Nucleo - user
manual
P-NUCLEO-6283A1: Product Folder
•DB4484:VD6283 nucleo pack with X-NUCLEO-6283A1 expansion board and STM32F401RE nucleo board –data brief
STSW-IMG301: Graphical User Interface (GUI) Folder
•DB4496: P-NUCLEO-6283A1 pack graphical user interface (GUI) –data brief
•Software setup file
STSW-IMG302: Application programming Interface (VD6283 software driver API) folder
•DB4497:VD6283 Ambient Light Sensor application programming interface (API) –data brief
X-CUBE-ALS: Software package for STM32Cube
•DB4491:Ambient Light Sensor expansion of STM32Cube –data brief
•User Manual integrated to the zip
•Software setup file
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Go to https://www.st.com/en/imaging-and-photonics-solutions/ambient-light-sensors/vd6283tx.html
All documents are available in the DESIGN tab of the related products webpage

4- STM32 Open Development
Environment: Overview

STM32 Open Development Environment
Fast, affordable Prototyping and Development
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•The STM32 Open Development Environment (STM32 ODE) is an open, flexible, easy, and affordable way
to develop innovative devices and applications based on the STM32 32-bit microcontroller family combined
with other state-of-the-art ST components connected via expansion boards. It enables fast prototyping with
leading-edge components that can quickly be transformed into final designs
For further information, please visit www.st.com/stm32ode
Function Packs
(FP)
STM32Cube
development software
STM32 Nucleo
expansion boards
(X-NUCLEO)
STM32 Nucleo
development boards
STM32Cube
expansion software
(X-CUBE)

Power supply
through USB or
external source
Integrated debugging
and programming
ST-LINK probe
STM32 microcontroller
Complete product range
from ultra-low power to high-performance
ST morpho extension header
STM32 Nucleo
Development Boards (NUCLEO)
•A comprehensive range of affordable development boards for all the STM32
microcontroller series, with unlimited unified expansion capabilities and integrated
debugger/programmer functionality.
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www.st.com/stm32nucleo
Arduino™UNO R3 extension headers