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Technical Specifications

 

Table 1 - Technical specifications of TeraRanger Evo Swipe 

 

Product code 

TR-EVO-SWP

 

Performance 

 

Detection Principle 

Infrared Time-of-Flight 

Light Source Wavelength 

940 nm 

Use Environment 

Indoor 

Field of View 

27° 

*Operation 

Gesture recognition:  

-

Left to Right hand-movement 

-

Right to Left hand-movement 

Range 

~

 0.1 m to 0.5 m 

Update Rate 

~

 20 Hz 

Electronics  

 

Supply Voltage  

5V DC +/-5% 

Current Consumption Average 

50 mA 

Initialization Time 

< 1 s 

Communication 

 

Serial interfaces 

USB 2.0 Micro-B

 

Visual Notification 

2 x LEDs (built-in backboards) 

Mechanical data 

 

Dimensions 

42 x 30 x 13 mm (incl. backboard)

 

Weight 

9 g (incl. backboard)

 

Operating Temperature

 

-20° C to 75° C

 

Housing Material

 

ABS

 

Mounting Style

  

2 holes for M2 screws

 

Type of Connection 

USB Backboard: USB 2.0 Micro-B

 

Copyright ​

© ​

Terabee 2020 

Terabee, 90 Rue Henri Fabre 

01630, St Genis-Pouilly, France (next to CERN)

 

 

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Summary of Contents for TeraRanger Evo Swipe

Page 1: ...User Manual for TeraRanger Evo Swipe Contactless interface Copyright Terabee 2020 Terabee 90 Rue Henri Fabre 01630 St Genis Pouilly France next to CERN 1 14...

Page 2: ...hanical design and mounting 6 Mounting solutions 8 USB backboard use 9 LED Indication 9 Normal operation 9 Error messages and troubleshooting 9 Connecting the TeraRanger Evo to a Host Computer 10 Wind...

Page 3: ...apabilities from just 10 cm up to 50 cm using two pixels in order to detect the sense of movement Figure 1 TeraRanger Evo Swipe sensor top view The TeraRanger Evo Swipe has zero open electronics and p...

Page 4: ...0 5 m Update Rate 20 Hz Electronics Supply Voltage 5V DC 5 Current Consumption Average 50 mA Initialization Time 1 s Communication Serial interfaces USB 2 0 Micro B Visual Notification 2 x LEDs built...

Page 5: ...mode Gesture mode Left Right Range mode Detection Range 0 1 m to 0 5 m Update Rate 20 Hz 1 2 2 Communication interfaces Table 3 Communication interfaces for the Gesture recognition mode Gesture Mode...

Page 6: ...between the black and yellow parts Figure 2 Modular design of the TeraRanger Evo Swipe sensor 2 2 Mechanical design and mounting The TeraRanger Evo Swipe sensor offers an ABS housing both sensor and b...

Page 7: ...ack panel mount using the 2mm ledge on the front side of the sensor Figure 4 illustrates the two different mount methods The prior solution allows for easy surface attachment and rapid evaluation of t...

Page 8: ...ately 35 around the central optical axis of the sensor It is advisable to avoid having other sources of Continuous Wave or modulated Infrared light sources near the sensor Please consider that dust di...

Page 9: ...econds when the sensor is streaming data 3 1 2 Error messages and troubleshooting Table 5 USB backboard LEDs troubleshooting LED designator Sequence Signification Corrective actions RED Continuous bli...

Page 10: ...for the file hterm command chmod u x hterm double click on the hterm file or run it from terminal while in its directory hterm On Linux consider removing the modemmanager package if you are sure that...

Page 11: ...lterm software Please follow the provided link to download the software file https freeware the meiers org Next double click on the CoolTermMac dmg file and then on the Coolterm icon Connect the TeraR...

Page 12: ...Evo Swipe Once the USB port is selected and the parameters correctly set click on the Connect button The gesture recognition data will now appear Copyright Terabee 2020 Terabee 90 Rue Henri Fabre 0163...

Page 13: ...ture recognition Terabee recommends 3 different positions Person in front of the sensor Sensor placed in front and in parallel with the user s body Sensor pointing up with hand swiping Sensor placed o...

Page 14: ...nsor field of view 4 2 Printout When streaming data using the HTerm software the direction of the swipe is displayed in ASCII in the form of a 4 to 5 byte newline terminated message ie left n or right...

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