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  • Page 1 TF02-Pro User Manual...
  • Page 2 Remember the precautions to avoid hazards, and please follow the described steps in the manual when using it. If you have any problems in the process of usage, you are welcome to contact Benewake at any time for help. Contact details Official website: en.benewake.com...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS OVERVIEW ........................... 1 1.1 Technical Specification ....................... 1 1.2 Maintenance and Cleaning ....................2 1.3 Appearance and Structure ....................2 1.4 Storage ..........................3 1.5 Application ........................... 4 INTERFACE ........................... 5 2.1 Description About Wiring Sequence ................5 2.2 Electrical Characteristics ..................... 5 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL ....................
  • Page 4: Overview

    ToF (time of flight), it can be widely used in drone altitude hold and measurement, intelligent transportation, managing parking lots, smart agriculture and other fields. TF02-pro is the upgraded version, and it has optimized optical system and algorithm to achieve better realization in outdoor in the presence of ambient light, different reflectivity backgrounds and temperature.
  • Page 5: Maintenance And Cleaning

    If you require deep cleaning of internal optics, please contact bw@benewake.com  to offer professional advice. Appearance and Structure The appearance and dimensions of TF02-Pro are shown in Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2: REV: 13/05/2022 · ©2022 Benewake (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | en.benewake.com | All rights reserved BP-UM-30 A01...
  • Page 6: Storage

    Please keep it clean. The surface of optical lens is the ranging zero of LiDAR. The detection angle of TF02-Pro is 3°. At different distances, the size of light spot, namely the edge length of the detection range, is different. Side length of the detection range at different distances (the detection range is a square), is shown in Table 1-2.
  • Page 7: Application

    If you use the product beyond the above application scope, please carefully evaluate whether the reliability requirements of the product to be applied match this product, or contact Benewake at any time to provide suggestions and useful hints to avoid any unpleasant situations.
  • Page 8: Interface

    INTERFACE Description About Wiring Sequence TF02-Pro has an 80cm long connecting wire with a 1.25-4P connector, which shown in Figure 2-1. Figure 2-1TF02-Pro external wiring connector and wiring sequence The wiring sequence is shown in Table 2-1. Table 2-1 The Function Description of Each Wire...
  • Page 9: Communication Protocol

    3.2.1 Standard data output format The serial data format of TF02-Pro is shown in Table 3-2,the data is hexadecimal, each data frame contains 9 bytes, including the distance value, signal strength, temperature of chip and data check byte (Checksum).
  • Page 10: Character String Data Format

    1.21m, the string 1.21 will be output, followed by the escape character \r\n. I²C Communication Protocol TF02-Pro supports I C data communication interface, as shown in the table below: Table 3-3 Data Communication Protocol of TF02-Pro: I²C Communication interface I²C Max transmission rate 400kbps...
  • Page 11 I/O mode is shown in Figure 3-1. TF02-Pro supports three I/O modes, the default is mode0, which means turning off the I/O mode. Mode parameters are as follows: Mode0:data output mode.  Mode1:I/O mode, near high and far low.
  • Page 12: Parameter Configuration

    PARAMETER CONFIGURATION In order to allow TF02-Pro to solve your problems more flexibly, the function of user- defined configuration of product parameters is opened. Users can modify the original parameters of the product by sending relevant instructions, such as output data format, frame rate, etc.
  • Page 13 5A 04 10 6E factory settings 5A 05 10 01 70 Failed Save settings 5A 04 11 6F 5A 05 11 00 70 Succeeded ⑤ REV: 13/05/2022 · ©2022 Benewake (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | en.benewake.com | All rights reserved BP-UM-30 A01...
  • Page 14 ⑤ After parameters configuration, send saving settings command to save the configuration, otherwise the settings will not take effect. REV: 13/05/2022 · ©2022 Benewake (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | en.benewake.com | All rights reserved BP-UM-30 A01...
  • Page 15: Quick Test Guide

    The introduction of BW_TFDS software is shown in Attachment-1 BW_TFDS software. Connection of the hardware Connect “TF02-Pro”, “TTL-USB board” and “USB cable”. Make sure there is no loose connection. Then connect “USB cable” with “PC”. As shown in Figure 5-1.
  • Page 16 “④TIME LINE CHART” will still be cm. For example, the actual TF02-Pro measurement is 1m, the distance value of TF02-Pro is 1000 in mm, the value read by the PC software also is 1000, but the unit will not change and still display cm.
  • Page 17: Firmware Update

    Please contact us to get the updater if you cannot find it on our official website. The tools for the firmware upgrade of TF02-Pro are mostly the same as QUICK TEST GUIDE, which requires one TTL-USB board to connect the TF02-Pro with PC. The upgrade process is as follows: Run Updater_BENEWAKE.exe, Select right port, here is “①COM9”.
  • Page 18 Figure 6-3 Upgrade is complete REV: 13/05/2022 · ©2022 Benewake (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | en.benewake.com | All rights reserved BP-UM-30 A01...
  • Page 19 Cause ②: Due to the detection principle of TF02-Pro, the above phenomenon is likely to occur if the detection object is the material with high reflectivity (such as mirror, smooth floor tile, etc.) or transparent substance (such as glass and water, etc.) Troubleshooting: Please avoid use of this product under such circumstance in practice.
  • Page 20 Use the PC supporting Microsoft operation system. Cause②: TTL-USB board is poorly connected. Troubleshooting: Check the TTL -USB board with the correct and reliable connection with TF02-Pro and Cause③: Driver of serial port is not correctly installed. Troubleshooting: Plug and unplug USB cable again. Try to reinstall the driver or directly download and install a driver from the internet.
  • Page 21: Attachment-1 Bw_Tfds Software

    Figure 0-1 BW_TFDS software GUI Product Type/Serial Port Control Zone [SETTINGS] Product: choose product model, such as TF02-Pro in this case COM: select the right serial port number corresponding to the LiDAR. Baud rate: choose the baud rate of LiDAR, which is set to 115200 as default for TF02- Pro.
  • Page 22 Strength: the signal strength, values are between 0 and 65535. Effective Points (per sec): indicates effective points refreshed by TF per second (equals to frame rate). REV: 13/05/2022 · ©2022 Benewake (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | en.benewake.com | All rights reserved...

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