Melexis announced the availability of the MLX75026, an AEC-Q100 qualified QVGA time-of-flight sensor. The MLX75026 is the third generation of QVGA ToF devices from Melexis and joins the wider product portfolio. Delivering over twice the performances of the previous generation of ToF sensors in terms of quantum efficiency and distance accuracy, the MLX75026 offers software-compatibility with the MLX75027 Gen 3 VGA ToF sensor, facilitating migration between VGA and QVGA resolutions.
The sensor is half the size and requires only 30% of the computing power needed by the MLX75027 VGA ToF sensor. This fully integrated solution targets automotive use cases like driver monitoring systems (DMS), hand movement and robust gesture recognition (HMI), and for in-cabin monitoring systems (IMS).
It delivers intrinsic robustness with respect to scenes with low contrast and strong sunlight, which are usually a severe challenge for conventional 2D image sensors. MLX75026 has QVGA (320x240 pixels) resolution with a 1/4 inch optical format and supports both 850 nm and 940 nm illumination. The IC is configurable over an I2C interface and provides CSI-2 serial data output. Samples of the MLX75026 are available now, and the evaluation kit in November 2020.