Hello,
the wires' length is not more than 20cm...
Another problem I have just noticed: if I disable the Serial.begin from the code - sensor works but gives unexpected results...and to see it, I again need Serialmonitor..Do you think it is because of Serial port stack overflow.... (I have connected sensor to 3v3 nano pin)
I thought it would be too complicated since code is so long but ...
here is my code. 
#include <Wire.h>
#define VL6180X_ADDRESS 0x29 // Device address of VL6180X
#define getreading 1
#define wait 2
#define valveon 3
#define get_time 4
#define check_time 5
#define pumpoff 6
unsigned long targettime;
unsigned long waittime;
uint8_t next_stage = getreading;
int counter = 0;
int counter2 = 0;
int counter3=0;
int counter4=0;
int reading = 0;
int analogPin =A0; // potentiometer wiper (middle terminal) connected to analog pin 3
int D4=4;
int D6=6;
int D8=8;
int D10=10;
void WriteByte (uint16_t subAddress, uint8_t data) { //void WriteByte (uint16_t subAddress,uint8_t data)
delay(10);
Wire.beginTransmission(VL6180X_ADDRESS); // I2C_I2CMasterSendStart(VL6180X_ADDRESS, I2C_I2C_WRITE_XFER_MODE);
Wire.write((subAddress >> 8) & 0xFF); // I2C_MasterWriteByte((subAddress >> 8) & 0xFF);
Wire.write(subAddress & 0xFF); // I2C_MasterWriteByte(subAddress & 0xFF);
Wire.write(data); // I2C_MasterWriteByte(data);
Wire.endTransmission(); // I2C_MasterSendStop();
}
//
uint16_t readByte (uint16_t subAddress) {
Wire.beginTransmission(VL6180X_ADDRESS);
Wire.write((subAddress >> 8) & 0xFF); // unit32 SCB_i2cMasterWriteByte (unit32 theByte)
Wire.write(subAddress & 0xFF);
Wire.endTransmission(false);
delay(1);
Wire.requestFrom(VL6180X_ADDRESS, 2);
//return read();
reading = Wire.read(); // receive high byte (overwrites previous reading)
//reading = reading << 8; // shift high byte to be high 8 bits
//reading |= Wire.read(); // receive low byte as lower 8 bit
//return reading;
}
void setup ()
{
Serial.begin(2400);
Wire.begin ();
pinMode (LED, OUTPUT);
pinMode (D4, OUTPUT);
pinMode (D6, OUTPUT);
pinMode (D8, OUTPUT);
pinMode (D10,OUTPUT);
pinMode (A0,INPUT);
// initialize hardware registers etc.
VL6180x_Init() ;
// WriteByte(0x0207, 0x01);
}
void VL6180x_Init() {
delay(100);
if (readByte(0x016) == 1) {
WriteByte(0x0207, 0x01);
WriteByte(0x0208, 0x01);
WriteByte(0x0096, 0x00);
WriteByte(0x0097, 0xfd);
WriteByte(0x00e3, 0x00);
WriteByte(0x00e4, 0x04);
WriteByte(0x00e5, 0x02);
WriteByte(0x00e6, 0x01);
WriteByte(0x00e7, 0x03);
WriteByte(0x00f5, 0x02);
WriteByte(0x00d9, 0x05);
WriteByte(0x00db, 0xce);
WriteByte(0x00dc, 0x03);
WriteByte(0x00dd, 0xf8);
WriteByte(0x009f, 0x00);
WriteByte(0x00a3, 0x3c);
WriteByte(0x00b7, 0x00);
WriteByte(0x00bb, 0x3c);
WriteByte(0x00b2, 0x09);
WriteByte(0x00ca, 0x09);
WriteByte(0x0198, 0x01);
WriteByte(0x01b0, 0x17);
WriteByte(0x01ad, 0x00);
WriteByte(0x00ff, 0x05);
WriteByte(0x0100, 0x05);
WriteByte(0x0199, 0x05);
WriteByte(0x01a6, 0x1b);
WriteByte(0x01ac, 0x3e);
WriteByte(0x01a7, 0x1f);
WriteByte(0x0030, 0x00);
// Recommended : Public registers - See data sheet for more detail
WriteByte(0x0011, 0x10); // Enables polling for ‘New Sample ready’
// // when measurement completes
WriteByte(0x010a, 0x30); // Set the averaging sample period
// // (compromise between lower noise and
// // increased execution time)
WriteByte(0x003f, 0x46); // Sets the light and dark gain (upper
// // nibble). Dark gain should not be
// // changed.
WriteByte(0x0031, 0xFF); // sets the # of range measurements after
// // which auto calibration of system is
// // performed
WriteByte(0x0040, 0x63); // Set ALS integration time to 100ms
WriteByte(0x002e, 0x01); // perform a single temperature calibration
// // of the ranging sensor
//
WriteByte(0x001b, 0x09); // Set default ranging inter-measurement
// // period to 100ms
WriteByte(0x003e, 0x31); // Set default ALS inter-measurement period
// // to 500ms
WriteByte(0x0014, 0x24); // Configures interrupt on ‘New Sample
// // Ready threshold event’
WriteByte(0x001b, 0x09); // Set default ranging inter-measurement
// period to 100ms
WriteByte(0x003e, 0x31); // Set default ALS inter-measurement period
// to 500ms
WriteByte(0x0014, 0x24); // Configures interrupt on ‘New Sample
// Ready threshold event’
//}
WriteByte(0x0016, 0x00);
// end of setup
}
}
void VL6180X_Poll_Range() {
uint16_t tstatus;
uint16_t range_status;
// check the status
tstatus = readByte(0x04f);
range_status = tstatus & 0x07;
//delay(10);
// wait for new measurement ready status
while (range_status != 0x04) {
// WriteByte(0x018, 0x01);
delay(5);
tstatus = readByte(0x04f);
range_status = tstatus & 0x07;
Serial.println("DEBUG: wait_for_ready");
//Serial.println(tstatus);
}
}
