{"id":9062,"date":"2024-11-12T11:17:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T09:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acconeer.com\/?post_type=innovation_lab&#038;p=9062"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:27:13","slug":"distance-measurement","status":"publish","type":"innovation_lab","link":"https:\/\/acconeer.com\/sv\/innovation_lab\/distance-measurement\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance measurement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">On this Innovation Lab page, we will explain how to implement distance measurement for industrial automation, level sensing and other use cases. It is possible to measure distances to various materials including carbon fibre and <!--StartFragment --><span class=\"cf0\">metal<\/span><!--EndFragment -->, with sub-millimeter accuracy. It also works well under harsh conditions, which makes it ideal for industrial environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Proximity detection A121\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ONIeh_XyUp0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Get Started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hardware<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One XE121 Evaluation Board is connected to one XC120 Connector Board and one XS121 Satellite Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>X<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digikey.com\/en\/products\/detail\/acconeer-ab\/XE121\/16582348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E121 Evaluation Board can be purchased from DigiKey<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digikey.com\/en\/products\/detail\/acconeer-ab\/XC120\/16582340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XC120 Connector Board can be purchased from DigiKey<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digikey.com\/en\/products\/detail\/acconeer-ab\/XS121\/16582336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XS121 Satellite Board can be purchased from DigiKey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">To get started with the Evaluation kit and the Exploration tool, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.acconeer.com\/home\/exploration-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the EXPLORATION TOOL page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.acconeer.com\/en\/latest\/getting_started\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Acconeer documentation page<\/a> to find out information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.acconeer.com\/home\/exploration-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EXPLORATION TOOL page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.acconeer.com\/en\/latest\/getting_started\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acconeer documentation page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exploration Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">First, click \u201cDistance detector\u201d on the left-side menu in the Exploration Tool. Then, you can adjust the settings on the right-hand menu. Once the settings are adjusted, click \u201cStart measurement\u201d on the right-side menu to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/acconeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/distance_measurement_evk.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9063\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/distance_measurement_evk.png 1920w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/distance_measurement_evk-512x272.png 512w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/distance_measurement_evk-1024x543.png 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/distance_measurement_evk-768x408.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/distance_measurement_evk-1536x815.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try it on your own and get in touch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If you try this, or work on something else, we\u2019d love to hear about your project! Please get in touch with us on <a href=\"mailto:innovation@acconeer.com\">innovation@acconeer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to measure distances to various materials including carbon fibre and metal, with sub-millimetre accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9128,"template":"","class_list":["post-9062","innovation_lab","type-innovation_lab","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Distance measurement - Acconeer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is possible to measure distances to various materials including carbon fibre and metal, with sub-millimetre accuracy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acconeer.com\/innovation_lab\/distance-measurement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sv_SE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Distance measurement - 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