Sensor API - array sensors

[electriczity]

Hi,

I want to implement my custom sensor as a driver but It does not fit into Sensor API and it is not a camera. How should I implement it?

It measures some SI values, but light and temperature(IR sensitive cells) are measured with resolution 4x4, and sending of data needs to be turned on/off to start data sending. In the turned-on state, it can send data at a certain frequency or it can be async and triggered by an external event. Which one depends on the settings.🤔

It is a sensor because it senses things. ...but I can't describe data with the sensor API. Is it a camera because it has some sensor element array? I do not think so. 😅 BTW.. Camera is not a sensor?

Or what about ST VL53F7 or ..F8 TOF sensors? These have sensing arrays too and I will need to use them in the near future. I am really confused.😵‍💫

What do you think?

Electry