Demo kit available for ultrasonic sensor modules

TDK Corp. has launched a demo kit for the USSM1.0 PLUS-FS ultrasonic sensor modules. These mechanically-decoupled devices are well suited for obstacle detection and distance measurement in challenging environmental conditions, including full sunlight and translucent target objects in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) or autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs).

(Source: TDK Corp.)

The demo kit includes a TDK demo board with USB-A to Micro-B cable, two ultrasonic sensor modules, two sensor cables and two seals. The software package allows the user to monitor the sensor in many operating modes and it can provide digital I/O and analog readout of the echo traces.

“The board helps in early and later development phases because it visualizes what the sensor can detect and how it reacts in specific situations,” TDK said.

The IP65/67 protected USSM1.0 PLUS-FS is immune to external mechanical vibrations that can falsify the measurement result, TDK said. Actuated via a driver and an integrated piezoelectric disk, the integrated signal processor ASIC can calculate the signal propagation time with a repetition rate of up to 50 samples/s, which allows measuring distances from 18 cm to 200 cm and in pitch-and-catch mode with several modules. Measuring distances of 4 cm are achievable in pitch-and-catch mode.

The demo kit can be purchased using the ordering code Z25000Z2910Z001Z21 for the USSM1.0 PLUS-FS ultrasonic sensor module (ordering code: B59110W2111W032). The demo kit is available via TDK’s distribution network.