Altimeter for drones
People and object counting sensor
Volumetric mapping of objects
Seating position detection in cars
Scanner for SLAM data acquisition in mobile robots
Door opening, machine control and safeguard sensor
Automatic vehicle guidance
Gesture control (man-machine-interface)
epc611 – TOF range-finder / 8×8 pixel TOF imager
The epc611 chip is a general-purpose, monolithic, fully integrated photoelectric CMOS device for optical distance measurements and object detection. Its working principle is based on 3D TOF measurement.
The system-on-chip (SOC) contains:
- A full data acquisition path including the modulation driver for LEDs or laser diodes, the photo-receiver with an 8×8 pixel TOF CCD array, the signal conditioning, the A/D converter and the basic signal processing
- An on-chip controller managing data acquisition and data communication
- An SPI interface for the command and data communication
- A supply-voltage power management unit
Evalkit epc611
The epc611 evaluation kit contains two reference design implementations: The TOF>range 611, which is a single spot range finder module with a range of up to 15m and the TOF>frame 611, which is a tiny 8×8 pixel TOF camera with a FOV of 12° and a range of 2m. The kit also contains an USB interface, which bridges the UART interface of the modules to a standard USB interface of the host computer, as well as software (including source codes). The modules are powered by USB so no additional power supply is needed.
