Data Sheet

Functional description VL53L1X
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2.5 Key parameters
2.5.1 Distance mode
The VL53L1X has three distance modes (DM): short, medium, and long.
Long distance mode allows the longest possible ranging distance of 4 m to be reached.
However, this maximum ranging distance is impacted by ambient light.
Short distance mode is more immune to ambient light, but its maximum ranging distance is
typically limited to 1.3 m.
Test conditions: timing budget = 100 ms, white target 88 %, dark = no IR ambient,
ambient light = 200 kcps/SPAD.
Table 4. Maximum distance vs. Distance mode under ambient light
Distance
mode
Max. distance in
dark (cm)
Max. distance under strong
ambient light (cm)
Short 136 135
Medium 290 76
Long 360 73