Pimoroni VL53L1X Time of Flight (ToF) Sensor Breakout

SKU: CE05771 Brand: Pimoroni

An all-singing, all-dancing time of flight distance sensor that uses PEW PEW LASERS (low-powered ones), our VL53L1X breakout is easy to use with Raspberry Pi or Arduino alike!

$38.20 AUD, inc GST

$34.73 AUD, exc GST

In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM
Delivered by Tue, 24th of Dec

Quantity Discounts:

10-25 $33.68 (exc GST)
25+ $32.99 (exc GST)

An all-singing, all-dancing time of flight distance sensor that uses PEW PEW LASERS (low-powered ones), Pimoroni's VL53L1X breakout is easy to use with Raspberry Pi or Arduino alike!

These low-power-laser-based time of flight sensors have great accuracy and sampling frequency, and this particular sensor has a wide range of detection, from 4cm to 4 metres.

Use it as a proximity sensor, for presence detection, or as a laser tape measure! The speed, accuracy, and range, make this sensor ideal for collision-avoidance on robots.

It's also compatible with Pimoroni's fancy new Breakout Garden, where using breakouts is as easy just popping it into one of the six slots and starting to grow your project, create, and code.

Features

VL53L1X Time of Flight (ToF) sensor (datasheet)
4-400cm range (27° field of view)
Up to 50Hz ranging frequency
+/- 25mm accuracy (+/- 20mm in the dark)
I2C interface (address 0x29)
3.3V or 5V compatible
Reverse polarity protection
Compatible with all models of Raspberry Pi, and Arduino
Python library
Dimensions: 19x19x3.2mm (LxWxH)

Contains

VL53L1X breakout
1x5 male header
1x5 female right-angle header

Pimoroni have designed this breakout board so that you can solder on the piece of right-angle female header and pop it straight onto the bottom left 5 pins on your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9).

Software

Pimoroni's Python library makes it straightforward to use your time of flight sensor, providing methods for short, medium, and long range, and returning distances in mm. Pimoroni have also included a couple of examples that graph distance sensed, and set a threshold distance at which events can be triggered.

Software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.

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