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TeraRanger Neo ES

User manual

Version 1.0

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Summary of Contents for TeraRanger Neo ES

Page 1: ...TeraRanger Neo ES User manual Version 1 0 Technical support support terabee com Sales and commercial support terabee sales terabee com...

Page 2: ...wer consumption The front panel is designed to enable integrations that can achieve IP65 protection This guide provides you with all the information needed to use and fully integrate our sensor in you...

Page 3: ...HTerm output 8 3 UART Communication 9 3 1 UART pinout 9 3 2 Electrical characteristics 10 3 3 Configuration commands 10 3 3 1 Command composition 10 3 3 2 List of commands 11 3 4 Sensor payload 12 3 5...

Page 4: ...m Accuracy Approx 1 2 of measured value Field of View Approx 2 2 Electronics Supply voltage 5V DC 5 Supply current min max 250 mW on 5V rail 50 mA average Communication Interface LP UART 3 3 V level 5...

Page 5: ...n Two LED indicators are present on the PCB and are visible through the back side The LED indicators can be used to troubleshoot the sensor LED designator Description Action Green LED flashes 8 times...

Page 6: ...lder open it and double click on the HTerm exe document Connect the TeraRanger Neo ES to a computer and select the corresponding USB port click R button to refresh the port list Please configure the s...

Page 7: ...s HEX as an option selected Figure 3 shows an example of the command which enables low power mode Figure 3 Example of command which enables low power mode The data output format is in Hexadecimal Ther...

Page 8: ...ance measured is 1601 millimeters FRAME HEADER T MSB DISTANCE 0x06 LSB DISTANCE 0x41 STATUS CODE 0xC0 16 1100 0000 2 QF 6 10 value is between 90 100 CRC 0xD9 Refer to the section Sensor payload which...

Page 9: ...stability of the mated connectors and avoid any kind of excess force on the connector during installation and once integrated Pin Designator Description 1 5 V 5 V supply input 2 Tx UART transmits outp...

Page 10: ...frame in the last byte for the commands that only read data the query will not include any data bytes but the response will The Response R The response contains The length of the reply message withou...

Page 11: ...byte and the actual data sent or an unknown command or command not executed The reply will be a 4 bytes frame Length Command Command Error 0x00 No Error No data 0xFF NACK 0xCC Crc mismatch 0xEE Unknow...

Page 12: ...temperature 60 C three bits to indicate the status of distance measurement and three bits to indicate the quality factor of the distance measurement The checksum byte is calculated out of the first 4...

Page 13: ...5 0 25 50 1 50 60 2 60 70 3 70 80 4 80 90 5 90 100 6 DISTANCE_STATUS Gives the status of the distance measurement using values between 0 and 4 where 0 no error 1 min range 2 out of range 3 ambient lig...

Page 14: ...the error will change to Invalid reading 3 7 Sample Python script to read data This sample code is a goodwill gesture to our customers It is made to help our customers speed up their applications This...

Page 15: ...status list raw 2 status full_status status_mask qf full_status quality_factor_mask if status 0x00 status_response Reading status No error elif status 0x04 status_response Reading status Minimum Range...

Page 16: ...setup Ensure correct PIN 1 position RX from the TeraRanger Neo ES goes to TX of FTDI TX from the TeraRanger Neo ES goes to RX of FTDI Sensor needs to be powered with 5V and not with 3 3 V Ensure that...

Page 17: ...e the final IP rating of the sensor integration We suggest tightening the screws included gently with a maximum torque of 0 1Nm The use of a washer is recommended not included The name TERABEE and the...

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