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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: unix_guru on March 13, 2014, 06:19:14 PM

Title: $100USD Open Source Laser Range Finder (LIDAR)
Post by: unix_guru on March 13, 2014, 06:19:14 PM

http://lightware.co.za/shop/en/laser-sensors/24-oslrf-01.html (http://lightware.co.za/shop/en/laser-sensors/24-oslrf-01.html)
(http://lightware.co.za/shop/50-large_default/oslrf-01.jpg)

Open source laser rangefinder sensor. Including optics, laser, detector, amplifiers and sequential-equivalent-time-sampling (SETS) circuits, it is a 'bare-metal' front end component for a laser rangefinder system. Now available.

Here's my blog on getting it running on an Arduino...
http://arduino-pi.blogspot.ca/2014/03/success-oslrf01-lidar-successfully.html (http://arduino-pi.blogspot.ca/2014/03/success-oslrf01-lidar-successfully.html)