RPLIDAR
Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner (LIDAR) System
Development Kit User Manual
Copyright 2009-2014 RoboPeak Team
http://www.RoboPeak.com
2014-2
Rev.1
Page 1: ...RPLIDAR Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner LIDAR System Development Kit User Manual Copyright 2009 2014 RoboPeak Team http www RoboPeak com 2014 2 Rev 1 ...
Page 2: ...TION AND USAGE 4 CONNECTION 4 INSTALL DRIVER FOR THE USB ADAPTER 5 RUN DEMO APPLICATION 6 TROUBLE SHOOTING 8 3 DEVELOPMENT GUIDE AND SDK INTRODUCTION 9 PIN DEFINITION FOR RPLIDAR 9 PIN DEFINITION FOR USB ADAPTER 10 CONFIGURE RPLIDAR SCAN FREQUENCY 10 SDK USAGE 11 4 OPERATION RECOMMENDATION 12 PRE HEATING FOR BEST PERFORMANCE 12 AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 12 AMBIENT LIGHT 12 5 REVISION HISTORY 13 ...
Page 3: ... using this kit customers can easily evaluating RPLIDAR s performance RoboPeak also provides SDK code to help customers integrate RPLIDAR to their system Items in Development Kit RPLIDAR Development Kit contains RPLIDAR PWM motor driver embedded USB Adapter RPLIDAR communication cable Micro USB cable RPLIDAR USB Adapter Micro USB cable RPLIDAR RPLIDAR communication cable ...
Page 4: ...able 3 3V motor controller which can be used to configure scan frequency by tuning motor speed Developer also can choose to turn off motor for power saving purpose 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 in...
Page 5: ... easily connect to PC by following bellow steps 1 Connect RPLIDAR with the USB adapter using provided communication cable The socket is in the bottom of 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: ...ad from Silicon Labs s official website http www silabs com products interface usbtouart Pages usb to uart bridge aspx 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 OS After Installing the driver according to installation steps you sho...
Page 7: ...his demo application is also provided for reference This GUI demo can only run under Windows For Linux and MacOS users please refer to the other simple demo provided in the 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 e...
Page 8: ...ted commands of RPLIDAR are showed in the tool bar The descriptions are listed in the bellow table Button Function Description Start Scan Scan data will be displayed after scan core starting work Stop Scan Scan core enter power save mode Save Scan Data Save current scan data to the local file Restart RPLIDAR Restart scan core to clear internal errors Press the Start Scan button the scan data will ...
Page 9: ...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 Trouble shooting When scan core or laser power works abnormally scan core will enter protection mode This state can be retrieved using SDK API If such scenario happened sending restart command can let scan core reset ...
Page 10: ...pin for RPLIDAR scan motor PWM control signal active high 0V VMOTO P3 GND Power GND signal for RPLIDAR scan motor 0V P4 V5 0 Power Power supply for RPLIDAR scan core 3 6V 5V 6V P5 TX Output Serial output for RPLIDAR scan core 0V 5V P6 RX Input Serial input for RPLIDAR scan core 0V 5V P7 GND Power GND signal for RPLIDAR scan core 0V V5 0 External system must provide required VMOTO and V5 0 power to...
Page 11: ... adapter P6 TX Output pin for USB serial adapter P7 GND GND for RPLIDAR scan core USB GND Configure RPLIDAR Scan Frequency Since USB adapter s control signal MOTOCTL is fixed to high level RPLIDAR s scan motor is always rotating at its highest speed which makes RPLIDAR working on a relative high scan frequency You can configure RPLIDAR s scan frequency by controlling motor speed By connecting MOTO...
Page 12: ...anner LIDAR System 机密 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 Please refer to SDK document for more information ...
Page 13: ...erature Improper use may even damage the sensor Please avoid using RPLIDAR in extreme high temperature 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 In outdoor environment please avoid facing RPLID...
Page 14: ...13 13 Copyright 2009 2014 RoboPeak http www RoboPeak com Low Cost 360 degree 2D Laser Scanner LIDAR System 机密 5 Revision History Date Content 2013 3 5 Initial draft 2014 2 11 Refine for final product ...
