Sensors to use with raspberry pi Pico W

Sensors
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Hi,
I would like to use following sensors with Pico W. These are meant for outdoor use.

  1. I need a small camera which can work in low light. Do you have anything here?
  2. What is the accuracy of the ultrasonic sensor (2cm-400cm) at distances above 100 cm? What can it detect? What is the difference between this sensor and SparkFun Distance Sensor - 1.3 Meter, VL53L4CD (Qwiic) - SEN-18993 - SparkFun Electronics?
  3. Can time of flight camera work with Pico W? If so, which one?
    Thanks.
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  1. Pico W makes the camera options very limited…couple that with the need for low-light (“No IR” style cameras) and you’ll likely need to upgrade to a bigger Pi (at least a 3B+) and grab one of the NoIR Pi cams (we’re currently out of stock) and then everything else should be very simple

  2. +/- 3mm, mostly anything that has some reflectivity to it (flatter stuff is better); the ToF sensor has a much larger range (1.3m) and higher accuracy (+/-1mm)

  3. Yes, any…you just enable i2c and use a qwiic cable to grab its data after uploading a program to it…we don’t have guides for Pico W but usually do for the bigger Pis that might work as-is or able to be converted to micropython for the Pico W…but again I would just get a bigger Pi for a camera project

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Thanks. The device is supposed to be used outdoor, which means that it will need to run on battery. So, the form factor is important.
Are there other controllers which can offer blue-tooth light protocol, pairing with sensors as mentioned earlier and programmability?