Data Sheet

Ultrasonic sensors were our first choice but we found them to be inaccurate, slow and power
hungry. The new ST ToF sensors also seemed to fit the bill nicely. However, after digging a bit
deeper, running the demos and immersing ourselves in the ST PAL API, we quickly found that using
them was going to be anything but simple! And then it hit us…
Well, it took a while to hash out the firmware and optimize the PCB, but we think we
finally
have a
robust, nifty little sensor that’s perfect for almost any range sensing application up to about
2meters.
tinyLiDAR is far easier to use, more accurate, faster and lower power than any of the distance
sensors we’ve seen, and since its I2C based, paralleling them is a breeze!
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