Distance Measurement Module 1mm accuracy

[Duke_Nukem]

Anybody making a distance module with 1mm accuracy? IR, Ultrasonic, whatever?

[dominik38]

Is on my ‘Modules to Build’ list…planned to use the VCNL4000 Sensor. Don’t know if it’s that accurate

[Duke_Nukem]

VCNL4000 is designed for much shorter distances, no more than 200mm (about 7.5") and under our experimentation we found it worked best at distances of about 10-150mm. It would be good for say detecting when a hand moved nearby, or before a robot smacks into a wall. The sensor also has an ambient light sensor built in.

from VCNL4010 Proximity/Light sensor : ID 466 : $7.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

I was looking for something with a range of about 1 or maybe 2 meters (was trying to make a snow pack monitor).

What would be cool is a module for IR Distance, where you could plug in any suitable sensor. For example a module that you could plug any of GP2Y0A02YK, P2Y0A710YK0F, GP2D120XJ00F, etc. It would be like the gas sensor in that you could plug any one of a number of IR sensors into it depending on your needs.

[willy]

I’ve combed every post on the forum with the terms +distance and +sensor in them. I figured this would be something that would have been worked out a long time ago. Maybe not.

I need a small sensor that can measure from about 6" to about 18". It only need to be accurate to about a 1/2".

The problem is that I have a passive IR device in place already and I’m afraid that some of the sensors mentioned in the posts will interfere. That won’t work.

I bought the one from GHI and didn’t realize until I opened the package that it was really pretty large. I am trying to put this into a hand held device, so size is pretty important. Also, since it could be dropped easily, this sensor needs to be fairly sturdy.

I can’t seem to find any recent work on this.

Anybody know anything new?

TIA

[willy]

OK, maybe I jumped a little too quickly.

I found this: MB1020 LV-MaxSonar-EZ2 | MaxBotix Inc.

Anyone have any experience with the MaxBotix line?

[Duke_Nukem]

Sorry @ willy I don’t have any experience with that particular device.

What I was getting at is what you found, that distancing options are rather thin which really doesn’t make any sense given a lot of these devices work exactly the same and even have the same output and power requirements so having a base module where you could plug in different range devices only makes sense and fills a huge need area for Gadgeteer.

[willy]

Seems I have an impulse control problem.

Amazon prime + 3.99 and I’ll get one later today.

I’ll let you know.

thanks.