[Dprglist] Yet another ToF proximity sensor

[jesse brockmann]

FYI, because they are Sparkfun originals you can use my discount on them.
😃

Jesse

On Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 12:00 PM Paul Bouchier via DPRGlist <
dprglist at lists.dprg.org> wrote:

> DPRG folks - there seems to be some interest in ToF sensors for obstacle
> detection. I happened across a new sensor today, the AMS 882X family:
> https://ams.com/en/tmf8821#tab/description
> and Sparkfun has a carrier board for two of their sensors:
> https://www.sparkfun.com/news/4532
> They are about $20 for the Sparkfun board, have a range of 5m, and
> relatively wide FOV (40-60 degrees diagonal). They are multi-zone (3x3, 4x4
> and 3x6), and multi-target (multiple ranges reported within a zone
> correspond to different detected target ranges). They are spec'd for
> operation in sunlight. They have a clever scheme for an adjustable FOV:
> they have many more SPADs than zones, and they map zones onto different
> sets of SPADs to adjust the FOV wider or narrower within relatively small
> limits. I2C interface.
>
> All in all, a pretty interesting-looking sensor.
>
> Paul
>
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