Adafruit TMF8806 Time of Flight Distance Sensor - 10mm to 5m - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
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US002854 Project WebsiteCertification Date
September 11, 2026
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United States of America
The Adafruit TMF8806 Time of Flight Sensor is a great Time of Flight distance sensor from ams Osram in the TMF series of chips. The TMF8806 in particular can do 20mm to 5 meters at up to 30 Hz update rate, and a dedicated low-power 200mm mode. It also has a wider field-of-view. The sensor contains a very tiny invisible laser source and a matching sensor. The TMF8806 can detect the 'time of flight', or how long the light has taken to bounce back to the sensor. Since it uses a narrow light source, it is good for determining distance of only the surface directly in front of it. Unlike sonars that bounce ultrasonic waves, the 'cone' of sensing is narrower, in this case about 30° short range (under 200mm) and 21° above. Unlike IR distance sensors that try to measure the amount of light bounced, the TMF is much more precise and doesn't have linearity problems or 'double imaging' where you can't tell if an object is very far or very close.
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