Sugar TOF Distance Sensor

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This is a TOF(Time of Flight) Distance sensor in the Sugar sensor series, the pin holes on the back allow compatibility with plastic building bricks.

Product Specifications

  • Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 23 mm

  • Weight: 4.6g

  • Type: I2C

  • Sensing Range: 20~1200mm

Wiring

Use a 4Pin cable to connect to the I2C Port on Robotbit Edu.

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Programming Tutorial

MakeCode Programming Tutorial

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Import Sugar Extension

Search for sugar in the search bar (Kittenbot products has been verified by Microsoft)

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Extension URL

Sugar extension: https://github.com/KittenBot/pxt-sugar

Importing Extensions

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Sample Program

Kittenblock Programming Tutorial

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MicroPython Programming Tutorial

TOFDistance()
value()

  • value(): Returns distance(20-1200mm)

Sample Program

from future import *
from sugar import *

distance = TOFDistance()
screen.sync = 0

while True:
    screen.fill((0, 0, 0))
    screen.text(str("distance ")+str(distance.value()),x = 5, y = 10)
    screen.refresh()