Adafruit VL53L0X Time of Flight Micro-LIDAR Distance Sensor Breakout Created by lady ada Last updated on 2020-07-24 02:11:08 PM EDTOverview The VL53L0X is a Time of Flight distance sensor like no other you ve used The sensor contains a very tiny invisible laser source, and a matching sensor. The VL53L0X can detect thetime of fligh, or how long the light has taken to bounce back to the sensor. Since it uses a very narrow light source, it is good for determining distance of only the surface directly in front of it. Unlike sonars that bounce ultrasonic waves, the cone of sensing is very narrow. Unlike IR distance sensors that try to measure the amount of light bounced, the VL53L0x is much more precise and doesn t have linearity problems or double imaging where you can t tell if an object is very far or very close. This is the big sister of the VL6180X ToF sensor, and can handle about 50 - 1200 mm of range distance. If you need a smaller/closer range, check out the VL6180X which can measure 5mm to 200mm.