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I am trying to use 3 TOF10120 Laser Sensors with one Arduino that all have the same, fixed I2C Address. I don't believe it is possible to change the I2C address of the TOF10120, but if I am wrong, please let me know (also, I need 3 different addresses). This being said, I am trying to use the SoftWire Library (https://github.com/stevemarple/SoftWire - very interesting library, but not great documentation) to help me to use my three sensors with Digital Pins. Does anyone have any experience with the SoftWire Library and how to get readings from a laser sensor?

I can provide the code I have, but it probably wouldn't be very helpful anyway. I am particularly curious as to how to use the DigitalWrite() and DigitalRead() functions for I2C with SoftWire.

Thanks for all the help in advance!

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You can change the tof10120 to any i2c address between 1 and 254. you need to write the serial string 's7-xxx#' where xxx is the decimal address required (in string form). I wrote a simple python program for the raspberry pi to change my sensor addresses via the Rx Tx.

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  • If would be good to add a reference to where that information can be found in official documentation if possible. From what I gather the change is perminant, or rather non-volatile. If that's correct, it might be good to say.
    – timemage
    Jan 26, 2021 at 16:42

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