LIDAR Lite Alternative

[Andrew Duerner]

Recently, a friend of mine had a successful kickstarter campaign for a LIDAR and they are offering preorders as well. Quoted delivery is January, just in time!

http://scanse.io/

Their LIDAR uses the Pulselite tech and I haven't heard of any supply issues from him since the acquisition by Garmin.

[Knufire]

Originally Posted by Andrew Duerner

Recently, a friend of mine had a successful kickstarter campaign for a LIDAR and they are offering preorders as well. Quoted delivery is January, just in time!

http://scanse.io/

Their LIDAR uses the Pulselite tech and I haven't heard of any supply issues from him since the acquisition by Garmin.

I didn't see anything on the data sheet specifying what class the laser was. Is it Class 1?

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Knufire

I didn't see anything on the data sheet specifying what class the laser was. Is it Class 1?

The 3rd generation version was just announced and looks like it will be available soon from sparkfun.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14032

[Knufire]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

The 3rd generation version was just announced and looks like it will be available soon from sparkfun.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14032

Oops, should have clarified, I was wondering about the Sweep sensor that Andrew Duerner linked. I know the Lidar-LITE is Class 1, tried to source a v2 for Stronghold but they were OOS everywhere because of the acquisition.

[Tom Line]

There is precious little information on the sweep site about HOW the communication works. I'm pretty sure it's more complicated than just plugging in a USB cable. Will drivers be available for the roboRio? LabVIEW libraries?

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

The 3rd generation version was just announced and looks like it will be available soon from sparkfun.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14032

Thanks, just preordered one. I think I glanced over the e-mail from Sparkfun this morning and missed it.

[mdhurst]

As a backer of the Sweep (http://scanse.io/) I've been anxiously awaiting news. and I found these tidbits today:

From the Kickstarter page:
Scanse Creator on July 27
We will be releasing a driver for the NI roboRIO controller when we begin shipping.

And yes, the laser is a Class I

http://static.garmin.com/pumac/LIDAR... fications.pdf


Hopefully the team will be able to put it to good use (suppose to ship in November).