SparkFun (PID 14722) Distance Sensor Breakout - 4 Meter, VL53L1X (Qwiic)

we have another time-of-flight sensor for you previously we release the RF d77 402 a few months ago and now we have another chip for you to play with this is the St VL 53 l 1x the sensor operates between 2.6 and 3 point 5 volts and consumes about 20 milli watts it can read ranges between about 40 millimetres and 4 meters with a resolution of about plus or minus 1 millimeter the field of view is fairly narrow for such a small device at 15 to 27 degrees finally it has a read rate of up to 50 Hertz both time-of-flight sensors use class 1 lasers which means they're pretty safe the VL 53 l 1x has a longer range a narrower field of view and a faster update rate to test the time-of-flight sensor i've connected it to an arduino and it displays the distance on an OLED I've set up a ruler and can move this box back and forth you can see the distance being reported down to the millimetre time-of-f