<div dir="ltr"><div>The data sheet shows 0-5m or 0-40m, indicating it can go down to 0 meters - that is obviously wrong.<br><br></div>Nothing else about minimum range is listed.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Pete Soper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pete@soper.us" target="_blank">pete@soper.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Thanks for sharing that. Do you have
any feel for the minimum distance their technique will accurately
measure? I searched the discussion and couldn't find mention of
this.<br>
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By the way, here's a sort of "kit" for a traditional (measure the
transit time) rangefinder for $100:<br>
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<a href="http://lightware.co.za/shop/en/6-laser-sensors" target="_blank">http://lightware.co.za/shop/en/6-laser-sensors</a><br>
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(.za is South Africa)<br>
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-Pete<div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 02/17/2014 07:15 PM, Rodney Radford wrote:<br>
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A new kickstarter campaign for a LIDAR based range
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Sounds nice...<br>
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<div>See more at <a href="http://www.dragoninnovation.com/projects/32-lidar-lite-by-pulsedlight" target="_blank">http://www.dragoninnovation.com/projects/32-lidar-lite-by-pulsedlight</a><br>
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