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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: robvoi on February 18, 2014, 12:19:33 AM

Title: Lidar-Lite
Post by: robvoi on February 18, 2014, 12:19:33 AM
Hi,

I just found this https://www.dragoninnovation.com/projects/32-lidar-lite-by-pulsedlight (https://www.dragoninnovation.com/projects/32-lidar-lite-by-pulsedlight) project asking for money to back the manufacturing of a TOF sensor. I think this would be a great sensot for hobby robotics - seeing the price of 80$ for a sensor which measures the distance up to 40m with 100Hz.
The I2C interface is 5V tolerant.

Wanted to do some commercial for them. I hope they make it. Would be a great addition for my robot projects. :-)

Robert
Title: Re: Lidar-Lite
Post by: jwatte on February 18, 2014, 12:00:38 PM
There's another one in South Africa doing more or less the same thing for $100 right now.
http://lightware.co.za/shop/en/laser-sensors/24-oslrf-01.html (http://lightware.co.za/shop/en/laser-sensors/24-oslrf-01.html)
Maybe this is a technology whose time has come?
And in a few years we'll get them on a 2-gram carrier board from China for $5 :-)

Title: Re: Lidar-Lite
Post by: robvoi on February 19, 2014, 12:33:28 AM
Thanks for the extra link. Not completely comparable in specs but at least the one you linked is a ready product.

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And in a few years we'll get them on a 2-gram carrier board from China for $5 :-)
;D