Flow Breakout Board

The Flow breakout board is used for motion tracking and can easily be connected to any robotics project or other design.

The motion of a surface, usually the ground, is measured and is reported as delta X, delta Y by the optical flow sensor. The Z absolute distance is measured by the Time of Flight ranging sensor. It comes with an Arduino library to easily read the movement data and has a large voltage range for IO and power supply.

The Flow breakout features the VL53L0x ToF sensor and the PMW3901 optical flow sensor.

Features

• Fast, accurate distance ranging
• Measures absolute range up to 2m
• Measures movement in X/Y using optical sensor
• Power supply and IO 3V - 5V compatible
• Arduino library for easy usage
• Minimum range for motion tracking is 80mm

Specifications

• VL53L0x ToF sensor (I2C)
• PMW3901 optical flow sensor (SPI)
• VCC: 3V - 5V

Mechanical specifications

• Weight: 2.7g
• Size (WxHxD): 20x26x4mm
• Two M2 mounting holes

Compatibility

• Compatible with 3 to 5V system
• Optical flow requires an SPI port
• ToF ranger requires an I2C port

Package content

• 1 x Flow breakout
• 1 x 10 pins male header. Note! Due to a production problem some packages only contain a 4 pins male header.

Related links to "Flow breakout board"

•  Do you have any questions concerning this product?
•  Flow breakout getting started
•  Wiki page
•  Web page
•  PMW3901 Arduino library
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