This is amazing. A package about the size of a 1206 resistor that has a vcsel laser, a photodiode, laser driver, and time-of-flight electronics.
-- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
Great Scott!!
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Really nice ?
I think we will be seeing a lot more like that in the future
The Star Trek medical scanners are AFAIK not far away
Cheers
Klaus
Wow! with spad detector.. cool. Any idea how much? ~$500? (a guess)
George H.
Give or take a factor of 50, yes.
$2.56 if you buy 5000 from digikey, $5.46 of you buy one
The unit price of an eval board is $15.
ST has a visitors center in their lobby in Santa Clara, full of all sorts of fun toys.
-- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
They should make one with electrical connections instead of optics so you could make a TDR out of it.
Great!
GH
I'd like to get at the internals of the 900nm spad.
George H.
What is this F-ing "cookie" BS? "everybody" knows they are used. There is no G*d d*mn reason to PLASTER such an offensive ad over desired info.
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