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Summary of Contents for RoboPeak RPLIDAR
- Page 1 RPLIDAR Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner (LIDAR) System Development Kit User Manual 2014-2 Rev.1 Copyright 2009-2014 RoboPeak Team http://www.RoboPeak.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
机密 Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner (LIDAR) System Contents: OVERVIEW ..........................2 TEMS IN EVELOPMENT ........................2 RPLIDAR ............................... 2 USB A DAPTER ............................3 CONNECTION AND USAGE....................... 4 ONNECTION ............................4 USB A NSTALL RIVER FOR THE DAPTER ..................... -
Page 3: Overview
Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner (LIDAR) System Overview Thank you for purchasing RPLIDAR development kit. By using this kit, customers can easily evaluating RPLIDAR’s performance. RoboPeak also provides SDK code to help customers integrate RPLIDAR to their system. -
Page 4: Usb Adapter
RPLIDAR usage and interface definition will be introduced in the coming sections. USB Adapter RPLIDAR development kit contains a USB adapter to provide power supply for RPLIDAR and convert RPLIDAR internal UART serial interface to USB interface. 3 / 13 Copyright 2009-2014 RoboPeak http://www.RoboPeak.com... -
Page 5: Connection And Usage
RPLIDAR. 2) Connect the USB adapter to your PC using the Micro-USB cable After connecting RPLIDAR to your PC through the USB cable, the LED in the bottom of the RPLIDAR will light up and RPLIDAR start scanning. -
Page 6: Install Driver For The Usb Adapter
Here’s the installation steps in Windows: After connecting the RPLIDAR with PC, find the driver file “CP210x VCP Windows” and choose correct operating system version accordingly: x86 for 32-bit OS and x64 for 64-bit After Installing the driver according to installation steps, you should see corresponding serial port name in the [Control Panel] ->... -
Page 7: Run Demo Application
SDK. Steps to run the GUI demo application: Please make sure you have connect RPLIDAR to PC using USB adapter and installed the device driver correctly before running the demo application. Starting demo application frame_grabber.exe and choose serial port name identified in the previous step. - Page 8 Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner (LIDAR) System The firmware/hardware version and serial number of the RPLIDAR will show in the title line of the GUI. The supported commands of RPLIDAR are showed in the tool bar. The descriptions are listed in the bellow table.
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Page 9: Trouble Shooting
Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Move the cursor to any sample point, the distance and degree value to the RPLIDAR will be showed in the screen with red font. The scan frequency also showed in the UI. -
Page 10: Development Guide And Sdk Introduction
3. Development Guide and SDK Introduction Pin Definition for RPLIDAR The socket in the bottom of RPLIDAR is using 5267-7A specification: 2.5mm spacing 7 pin. Any communication cable has 5264-7 terminal block can be used to connect with RPLIDAR. Please find the detail pin definition in the bellow table: …... -
Page 11: Pin Definition For Usb Adapter
By connecting MOTOCTL signal to the device has PWM output function such as MCU’s PWM output I/O port, RPLIDAR’s scan frequency can be locked in a proper value by adjust duty ratio of PWM using the scan frequency feedback provided by RPLIDAR core. -
Page 12: Sdk Usage
机密 Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner (LIDAR) System Please refer to RPLIDAR protocol and application note for more information. SDK also contains the sample code. SDK Usage RoboPeak provides RPLIDAR SDK support both Windows and Linux platform. The SDK contains sample code. -
Page 13: Operation Recommendation
(>40 degree) and too low temperature (<-10 degree). Ambient Light Although RPLIDAR is not sensitive to ambient light, improper use may still lead to errors. In indoor environment, please avoid lighting RPLIDAR with strong light source such as high-power laser. -
Page 14: Revision History
机密 Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner (LIDAR) System 5. Revision History Date Content 2013-3-5 Initial draft 2014-2-11 Refine for final product 13 / 13 Copyright 2009-2014 RoboPeak http://www.RoboPeak.com...
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