Hackaday

Time-of-Flight Sensors: How Do They Work?

If you need to measure a distance, it is tempting to reach for the ubiquitous ultrasonic module like an HC-SR04. These work well, and they are reasonably easy to use. However, they aren’t without ...
Seeking Alpha

2nd-generation multi-zone direct Time-of-Flight sensor from STMicroelectronics uses less energy and can range 2X as far as existing products

Geneva, June 9, 2022 – STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has announced its newest Flight Sense ™ Time-of-Flight (ToF) ...
Electronic Design

ToF Sensors for PC Privacy Confirm Even AI Needs Analog Sensors

The various ways your PC-screen “privacy” can be compromised. How a sensitive time-of-flight (ToF) transducer can be a critical privacy (and power-saving) building block. The many circumstances for ...
Electronic Design

TechXchange: LiDAR Time-of-Flight Sensors

LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, is a great way to provide computers with information about the surrounding environment. It uses time-of-flight, usually with an LED source. The technology is ...
Nasdaq

Coffee cup or travel mug? New high-resolution dToF sensor sees the difference

PREMSTAETTEN, Austria & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The TMF8829 direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) sensor significantly increases resolution — from the previously common 8x8 zones to 48x32 — and it is ...
Hackaday

time of flight

Every robotics project out there, it seems, needs a way to detect if it’s smashing into a wall repeatedly, acting like the brainless automaton it actually is. The Roomba has wall sensors, just about ...
EDN

Time-to-digital conversion for space applications

A time-to-digital converter (TDC) is like a stopwatch measuring the elapsed interval between two events with picosecond precision, converting this into a digital value for post-processing. Many space ...