[Dprglist] A week of depth cameras...

[Doug Paradis]

Last week at RBNO, Ray brought up the new ST's  VL53L5CXV0GC/1 multi zone
ToF LiDAR sensor (max range: 4 meters, resolution: 8x8. FOV: not specified,
cost: VL53LCX-SATEL breakout board $20 at DigiKey or X-NUCLEO-53L5AI
daughter board at Mouser for $36.25). This one would take some
experimenting to evaluate.

I attended a Terabee webinar on Wednesday that featured their new 3Dcam VGA
industrial camera  (max range: 5 meters, resolution: 640x480, FOV: 90x67.5
deg,, speed: 30 fps, cost: $1065 at Mouser - not stocked). Pricey, but real
nice. They do offer a non-industrial camera with less resolution (80x60
pixels), for $303.

The Terabee offering seems inferior to the OpenCV OAK-D-LITE (max range: 18
meters, resolution: 640x480, FOV: 72.9x57.7 deg, speed: 30 fps, cost: ~$90.
builtin AI: Movidius) offering that is currently on KickStarter.  This is
the one I'm going with. I should mention that unlike the other depth
cameras discussed, it isn't a LiDAR ToF based system.

This morning  Sparkfun highlighted Cygbot's Dual Solid-State TOF LiDAR,
CygLiDAR D1, in an email (max range: 2D- 8 meters/ 3D- 2 meters,
resolution: 2D- 0.75 deg / 3D- 160x60, FOV: 2D- 120 deg / 3D- 120x65 deg,
speed: 15 fps, cost: $170). The short 3D range is a concern and it didn't
change my mind, I could get 2 OAK-D-LITEs during the Kickstarter campaign
for the same cost. After the Kickstarter campaign for the OAK-D-LITE is
over and the price goes to $150, this one could be a contender if you
really wanted a LiDAR ToF solution.

Regards,
Doug P.
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