VL53L0X V2 Laser Time-of-Flight Distance Sensor Module for Arduino

The VL53L0X from ST Microelectronics is a time-of-flight (ToF) ranging system integrated into a compact module.

It uses ST’s FlightSense technology to precisely measure how long it takes for emitted pulses of infrared laser light to reach the nearest object and be reflected back to a detector, so it can be considered a tiny, self-contained lidar system.

This ToF measurement enables it to accurately determine the absolute distance to a target without the object’s reflectance greatly influencing the measurement.  The sensor can report distances of up to 2m (6.6 ft) with 1 mm resolution, but its effective range and accuracy depend heavily on ambient conditions and target characteristics, like reflectance and size, as well as the sensor configuration.

Ranging measurements are available through the sensor’s I2C (TWI) interface, which is also uséd to configure sensor settings, and the sensor provides two additional pins: a shutdown input and an interrupt output.

Sometimes these come on purple PCBs and sometimes on green PCBs, they are identical.

Shipped with straight pins.