10 experiments with VL53L0X ($1 laser-ranging module for Arduino)

I decided to do various experiments with the inexpensive VL53L0X laser distance meter, which uses the speed of light to determine distance. Some of the results of the experiments were unexpected.

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00:00 - About the VL53L0X sensor
01:18 - About the driver source code
01:42 - Determining the maximum range
02:46 - Laser beam width VL53L0X
03:20 - Distance to the paper surface
03:57 - Distance to wooden surface
04:14 - Distance to the black surface
04:45 - Distance to transparent object
06:20 - Distance to mirror
07:00 - Optical fiber length
08:08 - Distance to the water surface
08:58 - Distance to the object underwater

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