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Product: USB2LDS

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.

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

  1. Plug the two connectors of the Neato LDS Lidar on one end, a USB cable on the other.
  2. Connect the cable to your computer, and if needed, install the Driver (Windows only).
  3. 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...

Miscellaneous

Acknowledgments

Contributors:
Nicolas Saugnier (Xevel) - everything so far.

Thanks:
Dean Camera for making the greatest USB library for AVR, LUFA.
Weston T. Schmidt for making the cross-platform app DFU-Programmer!

Inspirations:
Arduino Uno
Adafruit ATmega32u4 Breakout Board

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For any comment or question: contact@xevelabs.com

product/usb2lds/usb2lds.1475149383.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/09/29 13:43 by xevel