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Add the STM VL53L1X sensor (4m version of the VL53L0X)
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**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
I would like to see support for the STM VL53L1X sensor for ranging distances and detecting objects.
**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
I looked into the integration of the STM VL53L0X in the hope that it would be very similar or even fit. However, looking into the specs it does not unfortunately, there is a complete different set of registers.
**Additional context**
Polou which afaik is the base for the integration in esphome, offers two distinct projects to integrate both versions.
[vl53l0x](https://github.com/pololu/vl53l0x-arduino)
[vl53l1x](https://github.com/pololu/vl53l1x-arduino)
Albeit I do not know about the state of the vl53l1x project, as I did not yet test it.
Unfortunately, even it is said that the esphome integration is based on the pololu/vl53l0x-arduino library, I could not see enough similarities to get into it and to see how something similar could be done with the vl53l1x project.
As of now I could not find the specific API description of STM either, I found some C-lib but not yet the I2C communication protocol. A link would be highly appreciated.
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