Waveshare® TOF Laser Range Sensor UART / CAN Bus Cascading Support Ranging up to 5m with Software

Documents Manual Click here to openTools Click here to openIntroduction The TOF Laser Range Sensor is a TOF based time of flight laser ranging sensor with embedded MCU and ranging algorithm which is capable of offering up to 5m measuring range ±1 5cm accuracy and 1mm resolution It supports cascade ranging via UART or CAN bus configurable data output including active output and query output This sensor can be widely used in applications like common distance measuring robot obstacle avoidance route planning as well as drone altitude setting ceiling detection and more Specifications TYPICAL MEASURING RANGEShort range 0 012 2 16mMid range 0 012 3 60mLong range 0 01 5 00mTYPICAL MEASURING ACCURACYShort range accuracy ±1 0cm standard deviation0 3cmMid range accuracy ±1 0cm standard deviation1 5cmLong range accuracy ±1 5cm standard deviation0 5cm 0 01 3m standard deviation8cm 3 5mRESOLUTION1mmWAVELENGTH940nm Class1 standard compliant FIELD OF VIEW FOV 15° 27° adjustable COMMUNICATION INTERFACEUART both of the two ports can be used as UART simultaneously 3 3V TTL signal levelCAN both of the two ports can be used as CAN simultaneouslyBAUDRATEUART 115200 3000000bps 115200bps by default CAN 100000 3000000bps 100000bps by default CASCADE SUPPORTUART supports up to 8x cascadesCAN supports up to 7x cascadesPOWER SUPPLY3 7 5 2VPOWER CONSUMPTION290mW UART active output long range mode 5 0V power supply 58mA current WEIGHT2 7gDIMENSIONS L W H 3