Parkside Laser Sensor

Hi everyone
I would like to use the laser meter sensor module of the Parkside PLEM C3 for taking measurements and read them from the Arduino IDE serial monitor.
There's a guy that reverse engineered this device and build the integration for esphome.

I'm quite new to Arduino coding stuffs, so if you could help I will be glad.
Cheers

The linked description seems pretty complete. What do you need help with? I notice the original device has a calibration function that is NOT implemented in the GitHub description. That is rather important when doing ACTUAL measurements.

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Also having this repo I don’t know where I have to start coding from. Furthermore is not esphome using yaml language instead of c++/arduino, or it’s just a simplified way to code thru home assistant?
Can you send me something for figuring out how to start coding? I was looking for sending the right tension impulse with arduino digital pin for switching the laser module on

Do you have the unmodified unit working satisfactorily? Did you do the calibration function?

Yes I have, I believe the function you are talking about is needed for adding a gap at the measurement. This because the Parkside unit has a small foldable plastic piece at the bottom for taking measurements in thinner spaces.

Ok, good! Then if this was my project, I would study the yami code and it's logic until I fully understood what and why it was doing what it does, and only then begin to convert that to "C" for your Arduino.

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