VL53L8CX ToF Sensor
VL53L8CX is STMicroelectronics multizone time-of-flight ranging sensor. It provides compact 8x8 distance sensing for embedded systems, robots and smart devices that need small-format proximity or depth awareness.
Facts
- Company: STMicroelectronics
- Product type: Component
- Status: Commercial
- Capability focus: 8x8 Multizone Time Of Flight Sensor
- Website: https://estore.st.com/en/vl53l8cxv9gc-1-cpn.html
Market context
VL53L8CX is STMicroelectronics' low-power 8x8 multizone time-of-flight ranging sensor for compact depth, presence, and proximity sensing.
- Target environment: End effectors, small robots, docking systems, consumer devices, embedded equipment, and compact automation hardware.
- Workflow context: Short-range depth sensing, presence detection, proximity awareness, object approach detection, and compact perception input.
- Customer context: Electronics integrators, robot developers, sensor-module builders, and embedded-device manufacturers.
- Deployment model: Board-level sensor integrated into customer electronics with optical design, firmware, calibration, and I2C or SPI communication.
- Commercial maturity: Commercial ST FlightSense ToF sensor with datasheet-backed multizone ranging specifications.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on range, ambient light, optical cover design, field of view, firmware support, and whether the task needs sparse or dense depth data.
- Market position: Compact ToF sensing component for embedded robotics and automation devices.
- Adjacent products: TMF8828 ToF Sensor, BGT60TR13C Radar Sensor, BHI360 Smart IMU
Audience
Electronics OEMs
Workflow
Short-range depth sensing, presence detection, proximity awareness, object approach detection, and compact perception input.
Capability
8x8 multizone time-of-flight sensor
Deployment environment
End effectors, small robots, docking systems, consumer devices, embedded equipment, and compact automation hardware.
Specifications
- Price: 1-9 units $8.49 each; volume tiers down to $5.51 each for 250-500 units USD
- Tof Resolution: 8x8 zones
- Maximum Range: Up to 400 cm
- Field Of View: 65 deg diagonal FoV
- Dimensions: 6.4 x 3.0 x 1.75 mm
- Operating Temperature: -30 C to 85 C
- Supply Voltage: 1.8 V core supply; 3.3 V AVDD; optional 1.2 V or 1.8 V IOVDD
- Interface: I2C up to 1 MHz or SPI up to 3 MHz
Tags
- Peer Group: Tof Sensors, Perception Sensor
- Workflow: Robot Perception, Mobile Robot Navigation
- Capability: Depth Sensing
- Stack Layer: Sensing layer
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