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====== Product: USB2LDS ======


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==== What is the USB2LDS? ====

The USB2LDS is a board that makes it easy to use a Neato LDS (the LIDAR from the Neato XV-11, XV-25, etc... vacuum-cleaner robots) with a PC. It plugs into the PC through a USB Micro cable and has ports for the LDS and its motor.

**IMPORTANT NOTE:** this device is different from the one made by Robotis Inc, and while it serves a similar purpose, it does not work with the same sensors. My version pre-dates the one from Robotis by 3-4 years and only works with the old sensors salvaged from Neato Robotics robots. If you want a device that works with the 360 Laser Distance Sensor LDS-01, then get the Robotis USB2LDS.  

==== Features ====

  * Virtual serial COM port @ 115200 baud
  * Integrated PID to keep the motor turning at precisely the desired speed
  * Powered from USB, and it powers both the sensor part and the motor.
  * Secondary power input for the motor if you don't want it to be powered from USB
  * Open source and hackable, GPIO pins available

==== Quickstart ====

  - Plug the two connectors of the Neato LDS Lidar on one end, a USB cable on the other.
  - Connect the cable to your computer, and if needed, install the [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Xevel/usb2lds/master/firmware/usb2lds/LUFA%20VirtualSerial.inf|INF Driver (for Windows)]].
  - Open the serial port that has been created with a baudrate of 115200. The motor will start turning and data flowing. It is however NOT human readable, you need a library to decode it and use it.

==== To go further... ====

  * [[product:usb2lds:parameters|Setting parameters]]

==== How to buy? ====

Right now, I only assemble boards on demand, so drop me an email at <contact@xevelabs.com>.\\
Price is 30 USD / 30 EUR.\\
Shipping is 5 EUR for France, 10 EUR for Europe and 15 USD for the rest of the world.

==== Miscellaneous ====

== Acknowledgments ==
Contributors:\\
[[http://www.xevel.fr|Nicolas Saugnier (Xevel)]] - everything so far.\\

Thanks:\\
Dean Camera for making the greatest USB library for AVR, [[http://www.fourwalledcubicle.com/LUFA.php|LUFA]].\\
Weston T. Schmidt for making the cross-platform app [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/dfu-programmer/|DFU-Programmer]]!\\

Inspirations:\\
[[http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno|Arduino Uno]]\\
[[http://www.adafruit.com/products/296|Adafruit ATmega32u4 Breakout Board]]\\


==== Download / files ====

  * [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Xevel/usb2lds/master/firmware/usb2lds/LUFA%20VirtualSerial.inf|INF Driver (for Windows)]]
  * Repository with design files and code: [[https://github.com/Xevel/usb2lds]]

For any comment or question: <contact@xevelabs.com>
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