Looking for a (hidden) sensor detecting people on my ground/house entrance

[orange-assistant (wisecracker)]

@svente08

I was hoping there is a sensor I can put at the edge.

Maybe try to explain a little bit more how the area/edge looks like and how you want to install/detect people.

Depending on that you might also want to try a (light) barrier type of sensor. A modern ToF sensor for example makes a reflector on the second side obsolete and allows easy installation.

VL53L0X Time Of Flight Distance Sensor

TOF10120 Time Of Flight Distance Sensor

Next step obviously would be to count the people

People counter passing through a door using VL53L0X or VL53L1X

EDIT: in this post we have been discussing the use of VL53L0X and VL53L1X to count people passing through a door. The use of the VL53L0X has been very successful but the downside is that you need two units to count people. With the VL53L1X you only need one, and people have experienced stability issues. I also changed the title to describe this post better. Hello everyone! Newbie here… I’m trying to count how many people are in a room by knowing the direction that the person passes through a…