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L-GAGE LT3BD Long-Range Time-of-Flight Laser Sensor
Datasheet
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Extremely long range: 5 m with white targets or 3 m with gray targets for diffuse
mode sensors, up to 50 m for retroreꢀecꢁve models
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Two discrete (switched) outputs in each sensor, with independent window limits1
Discrete output can be used for precise background suppression
Choose NPN or PNP discrete outputs using the output select wire
Fast, easy-to-use integrated push buꢂon TEACH-mode programming; no
potenꢁometer adjustments
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Remote TEACH-funcꢁon for security and convenience
Output response is programmable for three speeds
High-grade retroreꢀecꢁve target included with each retroreꢀecꢁve-mode sensor
Choose 2 m or 9 m unterminated cable, or 8-pin Euro-style swivel quick-disconnect
connector
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Rugged construcꢁon withstands demanding sensing environments; IEC IP67, NEMA
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WARNING: Not To Be Used for Personnel Protecꢀon
Never use this device as a sensing device for personnel protecꢀon. Doing so could lead to serious injury or death.
This device does not include the self-checking redundant circuitry necessary to allow its use in personnel safety
applicaꢁons. A sensor failure or malfuncꢁon can cause either an energized or de-energized sensor output
condiꢁon.
CAUTION: Do Not Disassemble for Repair
This device contains no user-serviceable components. Do not aꢂempt to disassemble for repair. Use of controls or
adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiaꢁon
exposure. A defecꢁve unit must be returned to the manufacturer.
Models
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Models
LT3BD
Sensing Mode
Laser Class
Sensing Distance
Cable
2 m (6.5 ꢃ) unterminated 8-wire cable
Diffuse
Class 2
0.3 m to 5 m (11.8 in to 16.4 ꢃ)
Integral 8-pin M12/Euro-style male quick
disconnect (QD)
LT3BDQ
LT3BDLV
LT3BDLVQ
2 m (6.5 ꢃ) unterminated 8-wire cable
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Retroreꢀecꢁve
Class 1
0.5 m to 50 m (20 in to 164 ꢃ)
Integral 8-pin M12/Euro-style male quick
disconnect (QD)
Theory of Operaꢀon
A short electrical pulse drives a semiconductor laser diode to emit a pulse of light. The emiꢂed light is collimated through a lens, which
produces a very narrow laser beam. The laser beam bounces off the target, scaꢂering some of its light through the sensor’s receiving
lens to a photodiode, which creates an electrical pulse. The ꢁme interval between the two electrical pulses (transmiꢄng and receiving
the beam) is used to calculate the distance to the target, using the speed of light as a constant.
Mulꢁple pulses are evaluated by the sensor’s microprocessor, which calculates the appropriate output value. The analog output
provides a variable signal (4 mA to 20 mA or 0 V dc to 10 V dc, depending on model) that is proporꢁonal to the target’s posiꢁon within
the user-programmed analog window limits. The discrete (switched) output energizes whenever the target is located between the user-
programmed discrete window limits. Window limits for the analog and discrete outputs may be the same, or they may be programmed
independently.
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See Banner website (www.bannerengineering.com) for informaꢁon on analog/discrete models.
To order the 9 m cable models, add the suffix “W/30” to the model number of any cabled sensor (e.g., LT3BD W/30). A model with a QD connector requires a
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maꢁng cable.
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Retroreꢀecꢁve range specified using included model BRT-TVHG-8X10P high-grade target.
Original Document
68503 Rev. F
7 November 2017
68503