[TriEmbed] [TAR] New TOF (time of flight) distance sensor from Sparkfun

[Rodney Radford]

Yes, but be aware that the sensor runs on 2.8v and will need level shifters
to either 3.3v or 5v, so the all-in-one board is a pretty good deal.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Randy Farmer randy.farmer at gmail.com
[trianglerobotics] <trianglerobotics at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Cheaper breakout with just the sensor:
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> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12784
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> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Rodney Radford ncgadgetry at gmail.com
> [trianglerobotics] <trianglerobotics at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> If you are on the Sparkfun mail list, you probably already got this, but
>> this guy is interesting enough to warrant an announcement just in case.
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>> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12785
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>> It is a $24.95 TOF (time of flight) distance sensor - this means that it
>> actually measures the amount of time to send light (IR) to and from the
>> object, so it is immune from surface reflectivity issues, and also immune
>> from many of the problems with ultrasonic sensors.
>>
>> The only drawback that I see is the relatively short range - 0.5 meters
>> is listed in the spec sheet, but if you look at the app note they are
>> measuring distance out to almost 2 meters.  The actual distance is
>> dependent upon ambient light and surface reflection.  Note that while the
>> maximum dept allowed is dependent upon surface reflection, the actual value
>> of the measurement does not.
>>
>> I will be ordering one of these soon (too bad I did not know about it
>> before placing two orders to them just last week).
>>
>> Take a look at both the datasheet and the appnote.
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