ToF sensor module offers distance mapping and 3D imaging for IoT

Mouser is now stocking the RFD77402 Simblee IoT 3D time-of-flight (ToF) sensor module from RF Digital. The module is founded on the Simblee platform, which offers an end-to-end development environment for a variety of IoT applications from white goods and consumer and industrial measurement devices to gesture recognition and robotics. The sensor module integrates an embedded light sensor, VCSEL driver, microcontroller and onboard memory to provide highly accurate distance mapping and 3D imaging technology. The module uses the eye-safe laser to measure the amount of time it takes to bounce off a given target. The high-repeatability laser features an 850nm wavelength light source and offers an overall sensing distance from 100mm up to 2m. Designed specifically for applications requiring accurate distance mapping and 3D imaging using the sensor module’s ToF capabilities, the device offers a 10Hz maximum refresh rate and an I2C interface for device control and data transfer. The module is available in an ultra-small 4.8mm × 2.8mm × 1mm SMD package and is suited for a broad array of IoT sensor applications that require accurate distance measurement, user detection, obstacle detection and avoidance, gesture detection and recognition, directional movement and volume or height control.