Adafruit VL53L0X Time of Flight Distance Sensor - ~30 to 1000mm (ADA3317)

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The VL53L0X is a Time of Flight distance sensor like no other you’ve used! The sensor contains a very tiny invisible laser source, and a matching sensor. The VL53L0X … read more

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Will the vl5310x time of flight sensor work if you move say a hand rapidly past it or if you throw a ball through it’s line of sight?

Hi Peter,

It works best with a nice white reflective surface. Checkout the graphs in the product description area; they go into a lot of detail.

Hi, - in regards to the while/grey you speak of. Would this work detecting the contours of a persons face as i drag across a 6x8 grid (logging the distance at each grid square). or up to 60x80 grid even.

I am replicating a project of 3d scanning. i will input the values to its designated colour as a visual representation.

Many thanks.

P.s. I am using a micro:bit, using aduino software

P.s.s The device would be only maximum 10cm away from the face if this helps measure contours.

Hi Luke,

I think that you want this sensor instead:

It’s worth noting that the error factors are something like 5-6% so if you are scanning a face be sure to keep that in mind!

Hello friends,

I was wondering if there are sensors like these in your stock that can work between 1cm to 10cm?

And if i have four of these sensors mounted together, side by side, would their interfere with each others readings?

Thank you,
M

Hi @thatssomo,

Having a look the VL6180X seems to be the sensor that would work best.
Its rated range is 5-100mm so would fit right in the window you need.

As for interference of multiple sensors, it’s hard to say.
I wasn’t able to find much in my quick look through the datasheet.

With how long it takes light to travel a 200mm round trip it’d say the probability of multiple sensors interfering with each other would be low depending on how each sensor was configured.

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Hi Aaron
The dominant factor here would be the antenna beam pattern and frequency selectivity.
If you happened to have 2 sensors on the same frequency and overlapping beam width then you would certainly get interference.

This sensor is a laser so if your “spot size” is small enough and does not overlap you stand a good chance of being interference free. The devices could even send out a code so it only responds to its own code which would be better still. I don’t know about that one and I have not gone into it that deeply so it is something to look at.
Cheers Bob

thanks guys

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