# Tracking Odometry Sensor

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/tracking-odometry-sensor/63298>\
**Category:** Distance\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/tracking-odometry-sensor/63298 "2025-02-10T15:00:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![TS-Russell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/ts-russell/32/6092_2.png) [@TS-Russell](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/TS-Russell)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/tracking-odometry-sensor/63298/2 "2025-02-10T20:11:45Z")

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[This thread has some notes about accuracy/drift](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/high-drift-with-optical-tracking-odometry-sensor/61298/14), the [datasheet](https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/c/6/8/0/5/PAA5160_Datasheet_General.pdf) has some additional info

It can be \<1% under ideal conditions/settings…run some tests in OpMode and see how it goes

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