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    <p>Yes Doug,</p>
    <p>I have a couple of those sensors.  The quotes in my post are from
      the article itself, which I read.  I was questioning whether the
      author knows what he's talking about, that's all.</p>
    <p>cheers!</p>
    <p>dpa</p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/22 4:07 PM, Doug Paradis wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">David,
        <div>      As you mentioned the FRS is ~6 per the article.
          Several people have expressed interest in the STI <span
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            UI",sans-serif">VL53L1X type of sensor and this project
            shows how to make a 180 deg array using 9 of them and a
            Nuecleo board. The code can be found  in the STI app note
            at </span><a
            href="https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/stsw-img017.html"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/stsw-img017.html</a>.
          This would be a leg up for any one considering this type of
          sensor. How the VL53L1x sensors work can be found at <a
href="https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/essentials/w/documents/5037/time-of-flight-sensors?ICID=I-CT-LP-TC-0000515-2D_LIDAR-LEARN_MORE_TOF-NOV21-WF2601054"
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          . You may need to have an e14 account. </div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 3:34
          PM David P. Anderson via DPRGlist <<a
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            <p>DPRG<br>
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            <p> "The Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor measures the distance
              by calculating the time taken by a light pulse to travel
              from the source to the observed target and then return to
              the detector. The following formula calculates the flight
              time: </p>
            <p> Distance value = Photon travel time/2 x the speed of
              light"</p>
            <p>Is that really true?  Speed of light is about a foot per
              nanosec.   So measuring an object 10 feet away should take
              20 nanosecs.   None of these TOF sensors have that sort of
              response.  I thought they were measuring phase differences
              in a group of pulses, or something like that, and doing it
              over and over to get a reliable reading.  <br>
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            <p>From the article: "The timing budget is around 12mS per
              sensor ‘zone,’ which would equate to a total sweep time of
              approximately 160mS, giving a frame rate of a little more
              than 6 FPS."</p>
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            <p>dpa</p>
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            <div>On 4/25/22 3:13 PM, Doug Paradis via DPRGlist wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">-All,
                <div>    This might be of interest to you: <a
href="https://www.newark.com/how-to-implement-2d-lidar-using-time-of-flight-sensors"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.newark.com/how-to-implement-2d-lidar-using-time-of-flight-sensors</a></div>
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                <div>Regards,</div>
                <div>Doug P.</div>
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