@dc42 said in Is it possible to use laser distance sensor as Z probe ?:
The temperature characteristics imply that a 20C temperature change would alter the trigger height by 0.3mm, which I don't regard as acceptable.
In a heated chamber with temp sensor you'd know the environment temp and can compensate it. IIRC there is a temp compensation parameter already in Z-probe definition.
I like the idea of an analog heightmap. We wouldn't waste RAM on same_height data, but collect data only when there is a height error. That way we can produce a finer grid with the same amount of RAM. (*)
*) maybe not, because we have to store coords and height. Where a fixed grid spacing would only store height..