Sensor Board Guide www.vishay.com Vishay Semiconductors Sensor Board Guide for VCNL36826S-SB INTRODUCTION The VCNL36826S sensor board is intended to be used in conjunction with Vishays SensorXplorer demonstration kit, or as a standalone unit, to evaluate the capabilities of the VCNL36826S proximity sensor. SensorXplorer The SensorXplorer (Fig. 1) is a demonstration kit designed to help evaluate Vishays digital sensors featured on Vishays sensor boards. These boards, along with their respective software modules, can be used to demonstrate and test each sensors functionalities, allowing the user to quickly understand how various settings affect the sensors results. The SensorXplorer board 2 includes an USB to I C interface chip, a 3.3 V regulator, several indicator LEDs, as well as multiple GPIOs to control the functionality of each board and allow data to be read and displayed on a PC. To get an overview of available sensor boards, as well as to download the software modules and board design files, please visit: www.vishay.com/optoelectronics/SensorXplorer. Here you will also find a link next to each board showing its availability at each of our distributors. Complete information about the SensorXplorer kit as well as all available sensor boards is available at www.vishay.com/optoelectronics/SensorXplorer. The same page also allows you to check inventory of SensorXplorer kits and Vishay sensor boards at our distributors. The SensorXplorer installation guide is available for download from the following link: www.vishay.com/doc 84922 Fig. 1 - SensorXplorer USING THE SENSOR BOARD WITH THE SensorXplorer Following the instructions in the SensorXplorer installation guide, install the SensorXplorer software on your PC, then connect the SensorXplorer evaluation board to your PC and the Vishay sensor board. The respective demo board software module can then be downloaded from: www.vishay.com/landingpage/SensorXplorer/ Once the module is unzipped the software can be run without the need for further installation. You are now ready to explore the sensor and its different settings to see how they will work in your application. Rev. 1.0, 18-Oct-2019 Document Number: 80210 1 For technical questions, contact: sensorstechsupport vishay.com THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC DISCLAIMERS, SET FORTH AT www.vishay.com/doc 91000 Sensor Board Guide www.vishay.com Vishay Semiconductors HOW TO USE THE DEMOSOFTWARE Tabs to switch between the Control panal to do various functions of the Graph plots the results of the proximity settings software module the active measurement Here you can do a cancellation of a offset count value Measurement results Controls to active measurements and clear the graph Fig. 2 - Demosoftware GUI Rev. 1.0, 18-Oct-2019 Document Number: 80210 2 For technical questions, contact: sensorstechsupport vishay.com THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC DISCLAIMERS, SET FORTH AT www.vishay.com/doc 91000