"RAD" Distance Sensor

By

Ava Peterson, Damian Amerman-Smith and Renee Porter

C++
System Design
Arduino
Embedded Systems
Hardware Verification
Problem Solving

Named after the three creators, Renee Porter, Ava Peterson, and Damian Amerman-Smith, the "RAD" distance sensor uses a VL53L0X distance sensor module and an ESP32 development board to interpret the sensor's data. The sensor uses Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE) to transmit the samples of data from the sensor to a Bluetooth terminal, such as the user's phone. The sensor can measure distances between 10 cm to 120 cm with an accuracy within 10 cm. The device as a whole is portable, being powered by a 9 V battery that is regulated to a stable 5 V supply using a LM7805 LDO regulator.

3 Lifts 

Artifacts

Name Description
Project Documentation Detailed description of how the project is put together. This includes interface tables, all relevant schematics, testing protocols that were used to ensure sub-circuit functionality, and images of the development process.   Download
Project Summary Video Video taken by the authors showing the system in practice. For better images showing the sensor's data, check the Artifacts portion of the Project Documentation.   Link
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