This project measures distance with a VL53L1 sensor and translates the measurements to tactile feedback (frequency of taps on finger) as a tool to help blind people find objects and navigate their surroundings.
To read more about the project (details, project logs, build instructions), check out our Hackaday project page at https://hackaday.io/project/180875-proximity-sensor-for-the-blind.
Thank you to Nathan Seidle of SparkFun for the VL53L1X Arduino Library we use in this code (the source code for the library can be found at https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_VL53L1X_Arduino_Library :)