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# Pimoroni VL53L1X Time of Flight (ToF) Sensor Breakout

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** CE05771 · **Brand:** [Pimoroni](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/pimoroni-australia) · **GTIN:** 606034877917
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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!

## Pricing

- **Price:** $33.35 (inc GST) — $30.32 AUD, exc GST
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## Description

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](https://core-electronics.com.au/breakout-garden-hat.html), 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](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/vl53l1x_11073512ce5.pdf))
- 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](https://github.com/pimoroni/vl53l1x-python)
- 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](https://github.com/pimoroni/vl53l1x-python) 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](https://github.com/pimoroni/vl53l1x-python/tree/master/examples) that graph distance sensed, and set a threshold distance at which events can be triggered.

*Software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.*

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/v/l/vl53l1x_3_of_4_large.jpg)