Distance sensors (range finders) comparison
...for use on mobile robots...
| Constructor or designer | Web site | Name | Approximated price | Type | Emitter type | Wavelength [nm] | Range [cm] | Receiver | Output | Frequency [Hz] | Response time [ms] | Power voltage [V] | Dimensions [mm] | Weight [g] | Rem |
| VISHAY | Click here | TCRT 1000 | 0.90
SFr. (Spoerle, Yverdon CH) |
Reflected light | IR LED | 950 | up to 5cm | ? | analog | ? | 3.5 | ? | 7x5x2.5 | ? | Used
and documented by A. Colot Application notes |
| LAMI
(JDN & AG) |
none | LD271/4 + TSL252 | Non-commercial | Reflected light | IR LED | ? | ~2 to 20 | TSL252 | analog or PWM or digital (I2C, SPI) | ? | ? |
3
to 5
|
? | ? | NOT COMMERCIAL |
| Constructor or designer | Web site | Name | Approximated price | Type | Emitter type | Wavelength [nm] | Range [cm] | Receiver | Output | Frequency [Hz] | Response time [ms] | Power voltage [V] | Typical consumption [mA] | Dimensions [mm] | Weight [g] | Rem |
| Sharp | Click here | GP2D12 | ~USD 15.- (Acroname, Farnell) | Triangulation | IR LED | ? | 10 to 80 | PSD | analog | 25 | - |
4.5 - 5.5 |
33 | 37x14x15 | 3.5 | Presents steps of 40ms in dynamic mesurement |
| GP2Y0A02YK | Triangulation | IR LED | ? | 20 to 150 | PSD | analog | 25 | - |
4.5 - 5.5 |
33 | 45x22x19 | 5 | Presents steps of 40ms in dynamic mesurement | |||
| NEW! GP2Y3A001K0F |
~USD 80.- (Farnell) |
Triangulation | IR LED | ? | 4 to 30 | PSD | analog | ~50 | - |
4.5 - 5.5 |
? | 40x20x15 | ? | The 25° sensing angle is devided into 5 sectors of 5°. | ||
| NEW! GP2Y3A002K0F |
~USD 80.- (Farnell) |
Triangulation | IR LED | ? | 20 to 150 | PSD | analog | ~50 | - |
4.5 - 5.5 |
? | 40x20x15 | ? | The 25° sensing angle is devided into 5 sectors of 5°. | ||
| NEW! GP2Y3A003K0F |
~USD 80.- (Farnell) |
Triangulation | IR LED | ? | 40 to 300 | PSD | analog | ~50 | - |
4.5 - 5.5 |
? | 40x20x15 | ? | The 25° sensing angle is devided into 5 sectors of 5°. | ||
| Idec | Click here | SA1D | USD 275.- | Triangulation | IR LED | 880 | 20 to 50 | PSD | analog or digital | max 200 | 5 or 50 |
12 to 24 |
? | 68x60x21 | 350 | Used on EyeCatch |
| SA1L | USD 163.- | Triangulation | IR or red LED | ? | 5 to 20 | ? | ? | ? | max 3.5 |
? |
? | ? | ? | - | ||
| MX1C | ? | Triangulation | Laser Diode (5mW) | 670 | 60 to 160 | PSD | analog or digital | max 200 | 5 or 50 |
12 to 24 |
? | 87x50x21 | 400 | Only displacement sensor | ||
| Baumer electric | Click here | OADM | ? | Triangulation | Laser Diode | 675 | 5
to 25 or 10 to 50 |
CCD | analog or digital (RS485) | ? | <10ms |
10 to 28 |
? | 65x50x20.4 | ? | Equipped the robot "Putter" |
| NAiS | ? | UZD35 | ~SFr. 230.- (Conrad) | Triangulation | IR LED | ? | 10 to 200 | ? | analog | max 500 | 2 |
10 to 30 |
? | ? | 150 | - |
| Leuze | Click here | ODS 96 | ? | Triangulation | IR LED or Laser | 880
(LED) 660 (Laser) |
10
to 60 or 20 to 200 |
CCD | analog or digital (RS232) | 10 to 100 | <100 |
18 to 30 |
? | 90x70x30 | 380 | Read some comments |
| LAMI (Lamon) | Click here | Laser Range Finder | Non-commercial | Triangulation | Laser Diode (3mW) | 632 | ~5 to 80 | TSL1301 | digital (I2C, RS232) | 33 in differential mode | - |
5 |
? | ? | ? | NOT COMMERCIAL |
| Sick | Click here | ? | ? | ? | Laser | ? | 100 to 300 | ? | ? | 25 | 40 |
? |
? | ? | ? | Used on EyeCatch |
| Constructor or designer | Web site | Name | Approximated price | Type | Directivity | Osc. freq. [kHz] | Range [cm] | Output | Frequency [Hz] | Response time [ms] | Power voltage [V] | Typical consumption [mA] | Dimensions [mm] | Weight [g] | Rem |
| Maxbotics | Click here | EZ0 |
USD 30.- | Ultrasonic | see datasheet for details | 42 | up to 645 | serial, analog and pulse width | up to 20 | 50 | 3.3-5 | 3 | 32x15x10 | 4.3 | High quality, versatile interface, externally triggerable, can be power at 3.3V |
| Robotic Electronics (Devantech) | Click here | SRF10 | USD 60.- | Ultrasonic | 72° | 40 | 3 to 600 | I2C | ? | ? | 5 | 15 | 32x15x10 | 3.3 | The Worlds Smallest Ultrasonic Range Finder |
| Robotic Electronics (Devantech) | Click here | SRF08 | USD 60.- | Ultrasonic | 55° | 40 | 3 to 600 | I2C | ? | ? | 5 | 15 | 43x20x17 | ~12 | High Performance Ultrasonic Range Finder |
| Robotic Electronics (Devantech) | Click here | SRF04 |
USD 25.- | Ultrasonic | 55° | 40 | 3 to 300 | I2C | ? | ? | 5 | 30 | 43x20x17 | ~12 | Low Cost Ultrasonic Range Finder |
| Robotic Electronics (Devantech) | Click here | SRF235 | USD 135.- | Ultrasonic | 15° | 235 | 10 to 120 | I2C | ? | ? | 5 | 25 | 34x20x19 | 6 | "Pencil Beam" Ultrasonic Range Finder |
| Idec | - | SA6A | ? | Ultrasonic | 20° 14° 14° |
290 200 130 |
5
to 30 10 to 100 20 to 200 |
analog | 22
or 15 15 or 10 10 or 7 |
48 70 90 |
12 to 24 | ? | 84.5x50x29 | 270 | Very slow ! |
| ASL (Seiz & Viscarret) | - | Usonic | Non-commercial | Ultrasonic | ? | ? | 100 200 400 |
digital (I2C or RS232) | 160 80 40 |
? | 5 | ? | ? | ? | NOT COMMERCIAL |
| Sonaswitch | Click here | MiniA | USD 60.- | Ultrasonic | ? | ? | 15 to 180 | analog | 10 by default (max. 50Hz with external trigger) | ? | 8 to 16 | ? | ø43x24 | 17 | Externally triggerable |
| MiniS | ? | Ultrasonic | ? | ? | digital | ? | ? | 17 | - |
Published: 20.02.01 Last update: 09.10.07