SparkFun ToF Range Finder Sensor - VL6180 Proximity, Sparkfun Originals Airsoft & Paintball but they aren’t incredibly accurate

but they aren’t incredibly accurate

A mounting hole lets you easily connect one or more of these to the front or back of your robot chassis

0-16" Hg vacuum range

so why not measure them

You just need to provide a power source (1

SparkFun ToF Range Finder Sensor - VL6180 Proximity, Sparkfun Originals Airsoft & Paintball but they aren’t incredibly accurateThis is the SparkFun Time of Flight Range Finder, a sensor board for the VL6180 distance sensor. Unlike most distance sensors that rely on reflected light intensity or reflected angles to determine range, the VL6180 uses a precise clock to measure the time it takes light to bounce back from a surface. This affords the ToF Range Finder and VL6180 a great benefit over other methods because it can be much more accurate and more immune to noise. Does this