Drones are only as smart as the sensors guiding them. When GPS drops out, sunlight overwhelms cameras, or another UAV enters the flight path at speed, a fraction of a second can decide whether a mission succeeds or ends in a crash. The Broadcom AFBR-S50 family of time-of-flight sensors gives drones the precise, jamming-resistant spatial awareness they need to land, navigate, and avoid collisions — even in the conditions that defeat GPS and conventional optical systems. Download the white paper to see how the AFBR-S50 stacks up against radar and GNSS, which variants are purpose-built for drones, and how to evaluate one in your platform.
Why download this white paper?
- See how ToF compares to GPS and radar — a side-by-side breakdown of accuracy, update rate, indoor performance, and jamming resistance.
- Match the right sensor to your application — walkthroughs of five core drone use cases, from precision landing to laser range finding.
- Get the full AFBR-S50 product family specs — range, field of view, beam spot, and wavelength data for every variant, plus reference designs and evaluation kits.
Built for drone applications
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+100m
Long-range detection
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200 klx
Ambient light immunity
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3 kHz
Frame rate
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< 1g
Lightweight, no moving parts