TMF8828 ToF Sensor Context

Market context

TMF8828 is an ams OSRAM configurable 8x8 multi-zone direct time-of-flight sensor for compact depth, presence, and proximity sensing.

  • Target environment: End effectors, docking systems, small robots, embedded devices, access-control products, and compact automation equipment.
  • Workflow context: Short-range distance sensing, zone-level depth detection, presence sensing, docking support, obstacle proximity, and embedded perception input.
  • Customer context: Embedded-device makers, robotics teams, electronics integrators, sensor-module builders, and compact automation designers.
  • Deployment model: Board-level sensor integration through I2C and optical/mechanical design into customer electronics.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial ams OSRAM sensor with a compact multizone direct-ToF architecture for embedded sensing.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on range, field of view, ambient-light behavior, calibration, optical window design, firmware integration, and whether the task needs richer 3D perception.
  • Market position: Compact depth-sensing component for embedded robotics and automation.
  • Adjacent products: BGT60TR13C Radar Sensor, BHI360 Smart IMU, ICM-42688-P 6-Axis IMU

Audience

Robot OEMs

Workflow

Short-range distance sensing, zone-level depth detection, presence sensing, docking support, obstacle proximity, and embedded perception input.

Deployment environment

End effectors, docking systems, small robots, embedded devices, access-control products, and compact automation equipment.

Specifications

  • Tof Resolution: 64 detection zones
  • Maximum Range: Up to 500 cm
  • Field Of View: 63 deg
  • Operating Temperature: -40 C to 85 C
  • Supply Voltage: 2.7 V to 3.5 V; nominal 3.0 V
  • Wavelength: 940 nm
  • Dimensions: 4.6 x 2.0 x 1.4 mm OLGA12 package
  • Interface: I2C input and output
  • Processing: On-chip raw-data and histogram processing with sunlight rejection
  • Measurement Rate: 30 Hz at 10-5000 mm range
  • Emitter Safety: 940 nm VCSEL with Class 1 eye safety
  • Production Availability: TMF8828-1A and TMF8828-1AM listed as full production
  • Distance Accuracy: Within ±5% in dark and sunlight conditions
  • Minimum Range: 10 mm

Tags

  • Peer Group: Multizone ToF sensor packages
  • Workflow: Mobile Robot Navigation
  • Capability: Robot perception, Depth Sensing
  • Stack Layer: Time-of-flight sensing hardware, Sensing stack, Robot perception-sensor stack

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