Check out the LIDAR-Lite Distance Sensor
Distance sensing made easy with the LIDAR-Lite from PulsedLight
When you're building a robot, quadcopter or other project and object avoidance or distance sensing is imperative to your success, finding the right sensor can be a bit tricky. Today, we want to share a brilliant new sensor from the folks over at Pulsed Light - the LIDAR-Lite.
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The LIDAR-Lite is a high-performance distance sensor that costs a fraction of what a sensor with comparable performance would usually cost.
This sensor has a range of 40 meters and uses some very clever innovations to attempt to imitate the performance of much more expensive"Time of Flight" distance sensors. The LIDAR-Lite uses an I2C communications interface, which allows multiple modules to be connected as slaves to a common communications bus. Plus, it draws only 100 milliamps peak power when taking a measurement and under 10 milliamps when idle, making the LIDAR-Lite a great option when power consumption is a concern.
Check out their crowdfunding campaign for more information on the tech behind the LIDAR-Lite and to purchase your own!
Interested in learning more about distance sensing?
Learn all about the different technologies distance sensors use and which products would work best for your next project.
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