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DFRobot YDLIDAR GS2 User Manual

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  • Page 1 GS2 Lidar User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1 GS2 LIDAR DEVELOPMENT KIT..........1 1.1 Development Kit.................... 1 2 USAGE UNDER WINDOWS ............... 1 2.1 Device Connection..................1 2.2 Driver Installation ..................2 2.3 Evaluation Software Usage................. 4 2.3.1 Start Scanning......................5 2.3.2 Data Storage......................... 6 2.3.3 Display Mean and Standard Deviation..............6 2.3.4 Play and Record......................

  • Page 3: Gs2 Lidar Development Kit

    GS2 on your environment or development on the SDK. 1.1 Development Kit The GS2 development kit has the following components： USB Type-C Cable USB Adapter Board GS2 LiDAR YDLIDAR GS2 DEVELOPMENT KIT CHART 1 GS2 LIDAR DEVELOPMENT KIT DESCRIPTION Item Qty. Description GS2 lidar Standard version of the GS2 lidar.

  • Page 4: Driver Installation

    GS2 DEVICE CONNECTION Connect the adapter board with GS2 first, then connect the USB cable to the USB port of the adapter board and the PC. Note that the Type-C interface of the USB cable is connected to the USB_DATA of the USB adapter board. The drive current of USB interface of some development platforms or PC is not sufficient.
  • Page 5 GS2 DRIVER VERSION SELECTION Double-click the exe file and follow the prompts to install it. GS2 DRIVER INSTALLING After the installation is complete, right-click on [My Computer] and select [Properties]. On the open [System] screen, select [Device Manager] from the left menu to access the [Device Manager]. Expand [Port] to see the serial port name corresponding to the identified USB adapter, that is, the driver installation is successful.

  • Page 6: Evaluation Software Usage

    GS2 DRIVER INSTALLATION CHECK 2.3 Evaluation Software Usage YDLIDAR provides Point Cloud Viewer, a point cloud data visualization software LidarViewer for GS2 real-time scanning. Users can intuitively observe the GS2 scanning effect chart. GDL real- time point cloud data and real-time scanning frequency are provided on YDLIDAR. At the same time, save the scanned data offline to an external file for further analysis.

  • Page 7: Start Scanning

    POINTCLOUD VIEWER INTERFACE 2.3.1 Start Scanning Click to start scanning and display the environment point cloud, the upper left corner displays the angle & distance information of the red line position (unit: mm). Click to stop it. as shown below: LIDAR SCANNING POINT CLOUD DISPLAY 5 / 11...

  • Page 8: Data Storage

    2.3.2 Data Storage During lidar scanning, click [File] in the main menu, select [Export to Excel], and save point cloud data according to the prompts. Then the system will save the point cloud information scanned in a circle in Excel format. SAVE DATA 2.3.3 Display Mean and Standard Deviation Click [Tools] in the main menu, then select [Mean And STD] - [View].

  • Page 9: Debug

    RECORD AND PLAY The main window is displayed as follows: To record lidar data, click to start recording, and click to stop recording. In non-scanning mode, click to start play. The play process is as follows: PLAY PROCESS 2.3.5Debug Click [Tools] in the main menu, and then select [DebugON] to output the raw lidar data to the "viewer_log.txt"...

  • Page 10: Split Screen

    2.3.6Split Screen Right-click the pop-up menu and select [Split Screen Display] to display up to 3 GS2 cascaded point cloud data. SPLIT SCREEN DISPLAY Note: For more functions of LidarViewer, please click [Help], select [More Information], and learn more about how to use it.

  • Page 11: Run The Sdk Samples

    $ cd build $ cmake .. $ make 3.2.2Run the SDK samples In the build folder, run ydlidar_test: $ ./ydlidar.test It can be seen the following SDK Scanning information: 3.3 The use of ROS under Ubuntu The Ros driver package is under development. 9 / 11...

  • Page 12: Caution

    4 CAUTION 4.1 Ambient Temperature When the working environment temperature of GS2 is over high or over low, it will affect the accuracy of the distance measuring system. It may also damage the structure of the scanning system and reduce the service life of the GS2 lidar. Avoid using in high temperature (>50 degrees Celsius) and low temperature (<0 degrees Celsius) conditions.

  • Page 13: Revise

    5 REVISE Date Version Content 2022-01-19 Revision Copyright 2022 EAI All Rights Reserved 11 / 11...

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