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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have RPLidar A1M8 and A2M8. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have mainly been using their frame_grabber.exe UI from <a href="https://github.com/Slamtec/rplidar_sdk/releases">Releases · Slamtec/rplidar_sdk · GitHub</a> for quick visualization of the data and to make sure the Lidar still works.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I do have RoboStudio installed but I’m not sure if I ever had it working. It certainly did not work for me just now (but it insisted on updating itself when I ran it just now, so maybe something has changed). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Although they say you can use RoboStudio to evaluate their lidars, I get the impression RoboStudio t is really more designed to connect to robots that are outfitted with their “SlamWare” module. It doesn’t seem to have an option to connect to anything via Serial.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org">Thalanayar Muthukumar via DPRGlist</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, September 17, 2021 2:42 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org">DPRG</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Dprglist] RP LiDAR</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Has anybody worked with Slamtec RPLiDAR. I got my unit a few days ago and I am unable to get it recognized on Windows 10 in the RoboStudio application though I can see it recognized as a COM port?</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TJW5SXF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TJW5SXF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1</a></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Kumar</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 11:58 AM <<a href="mailto:dprglist-request@lists.dprg.org">dprglist-request@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:</p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>Send DPRGlist mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://lists.dprg.org/listinfo.cgi/dprglist-dprg.org" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/listinfo.cgi/dprglist-dprg.org</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:dprglist-request@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist-request@lists.dprg.org</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:dprglist-owner@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist-owner@lists.dprg.org</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of DPRGlist digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. A good video about design and engineering (Doug Paradis)<br> 2. TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO SPI (Doug Paradis)<br> 3. Re: A good video about design and engineering (John Dolecek)<br> 4. A week of depth cameras... (Doug Paradis)<br> 5. Re: A week of depth cameras... (jesse brockmann)<br> 6. Re: A week of depth cameras... (markus)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:14:48 -0500<br>From: Doug Paradis <<a href="mailto:paradug@gmail.com" target="_blank">paradug@gmail.com</a>><br>To: DPRG <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>>, Karim Virani<br> <<a href="mailto:pondersome64@gmail.com" target="_blank">pondersome64@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [Dprglist] A good video about design and engineering<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:CAOdUW%2BYYbe-2hOMixbMS1vReXJfi-CORuTz5zX7HCLsyr2Br%2BA@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CAOdUW+YYbe-2hOMixbMS1vReXJfi-CORuTz5zX7HCLsyr2Br+A@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>-All,<br> A good YouTube video about design and engineering.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbWFRvMV3gw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbWFRvMV3gw</a><br><br>Karim,<br> There is a few seconds about an HS robotics team. Gears of Fire at<br>21:33 showing ring localization, There is also a link to a really nice<br>autonomous performance at a competition,<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL7Qah79OL0.The" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL7Qah79OL0.The</a> team's website is<br><a href="http://phuhsrobotics.weebly.com/" target="_blank">http://phuhsrobotics.weebly.com/</a>. These links might be of interest to your<br>team.<br><br>Regards,<br>Doug P.<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210916/5a706ce1/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210916/5a706ce1/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:54:46 -0500<br>From: Doug Paradis <<a href="mailto:paradug@gmail.com" target="_blank">paradug@gmail.com</a>><br>To: DPRG <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>><br>Subject: [Dprglist] TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO SPI<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:CAOdUW%2BbNCXVvjFt7W2rP1CHWr6PzQK7JPqhLWYgkNeTeDhe%2Bhw@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CAOdUW+bNCXVvjFt7W2rP1CHWr6PzQK7JPqhLWYgkNeTeDhe+hw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Really clear explanation of SPI,<br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2021/09/16/taking-a-deep-dive-into-spi/" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2021/09/16/taking-a-deep-dive-into-spi/</a>.<br><br>Regards,<br>Doug P.<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210916/e5642a86/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210916/e5642a86/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:32:12 -0500<br>From: John Dolecek <<a href="mailto:jdolecek@gmail.com" target="_blank">jdolecek@gmail.com</a>><br>To: DPRG <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Dprglist] A good video about design and engineering<br>Message-ID:<br> <CANkhXDBDb=ky9+RGdbCU03K4egzpwE=QoguMcoQGqZN=<a href="mailto:uEWORA@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">uEWORA@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>This should be required viewing for all engineering students. Some of this<br>stuff in this 22min video took me a decade to learn!<br><br>John<br><br>On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 5:54 PM Doug Paradis via DPRGlist <<br><a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> -All,<br>> A good YouTube video about design and engineering.<br>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbWFRvMV3gw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbWFRvMV3gw</a><br>><br>> Karim,<br>> There is a few seconds about an HS robotics team. Gears of Fire at<br>> 21:33 showing ring localization, There is also a link to a really nice<br>> autonomous performance at a competition,<br>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL7Qah79OL0.The" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL7Qah79OL0.The</a> team's website is<br>> <a href="http://phuhsrobotics.weebly.com/" target="_blank">http://phuhsrobotics.weebly.com/</a>. These links might be of interest to<br>> your team.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> Doug P.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> DPRGlist mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:DPRGlist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">DPRGlist@lists.dprg.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.dprg.org/listinfo.cgi/dprglist-dprg.org" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/listinfo.cgi/dprglist-dprg.org</a><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210917/560c76ac/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210917/560c76ac/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:44:15 -0500<br>From: Doug Paradis <<a href="mailto:paradug@gmail.com" target="_blank">paradug@gmail.com</a>><br>To: DPRG <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>><br>Subject: [Dprglist] A week of depth cameras...<br>Message-ID:<br> <CAOdUW+bU8swdXTVQw5ALxdbWBJeN4aHDc1OS5Q=+<a href="mailto:bRhmv%2BAuVw@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">bRhmv+AuVw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Last week at RBNO, Ray brought up the new ST's VL53L5CXV0GC/1 multi zone<br>ToF LiDAR sensor (max range: 4 meters, resolution: 8x8. FOV: not specified,<br>cost: VL53LCX-SATEL breakout board $20 at DigiKey or X-NUCLEO-53L5AI<br>daughter board at Mouser for $36.25). This one would take some<br>experimenting to evaluate.<br><br>I attended a Terabee webinar on Wednesday that featured their new 3Dcam VGA<br>industrial camera (max range: 5 meters, resolution: 640x480, FOV: 90x67.5<br>deg,, speed: 30 fps, cost: $1065 at Mouser - not stocked). Pricey, but real<br>nice. They do offer a non-industrial camera with less resolution (80x60<br>pixels), for $303.<br><br>The Terabee offering seems inferior to the OpenCV OAK-D-LITE (max range: 18<br>meters, resolution: 640x480, FOV: 72.9x57.7 deg, speed: 30 fps, cost: ~$90.<br>builtin AI: Movidius) offering that is currently on KickStarter. This is<br>the one I'm going with. I should mention that unlike the other depth<br>cameras discussed, it isn't a LiDAR ToF based system.<br><br>This morning Sparkfun highlighted Cygbot's Dual Solid-State TOF LiDAR,<br>CygLiDAR D1, in an email (max range: 2D- 8 meters/ 3D- 2 meters,<br>resolution: 2D- 0.75 deg / 3D- 160x60, FOV: 2D- 120 deg / 3D- 120x65 deg,<br>speed: 15 fps, cost: $170). The short 3D range is a concern and it didn't<br>change my mind, I could get 2 OAK-D-LITEs during the Kickstarter campaign<br>for the same cost. After the Kickstarter campaign for the OAK-D-LITE is<br>over and the price goes to $150, this one could be a contender if you<br>really wanted a LiDAR ToF solution.<br><br>Regards,<br>Doug P.<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210917/ad3711c0/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210917/ad3711c0/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:55:33 -0500<br>From: jesse brockmann <<a href="mailto:jjbrockm@gmail.com" target="_blank">jjbrockm@gmail.com</a>><br>To: Doug Paradis <<a href="mailto:paradug@gmail.com" target="_blank">paradug@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: DPRG <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Dprglist] A week of depth cameras...<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:CANqFZg3vPUzqnimd-nxkPq2JwD9jDxTVaDoCDhk2qnZb0HCE4Q@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CANqFZg3vPUzqnimd-nxkPq2JwD9jDxTVaDoCDhk2qnZb0HCE4Q@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br> Thanks for the summary. I was going to focus on the Intel real sense,<br>but with the real sense line being discontinued I was looking for other<br>possible choices. I've been debating for a while which route to go and<br>I've decided on Oak-D-Lite. Backed the Kickstarter today.<br><br><br>Jesse Brockmann<br><br><br><br>On Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:44 AM Doug Paradis via DPRGlist <<br><a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Last week at RBNO, Ray brought up the new ST's VL53L5CXV0GC/1 multi zone<br>> ToF LiDAR sensor (max range: 4 meters, resolution: 8x8. FOV: not specified,<br>> cost: VL53LCX-SATEL breakout board $20 at DigiKey or X-NUCLEO-53L5AI<br>> daughter board at Mouser for $36.25). This one would take some<br>> experimenting to evaluate.<br>><br>> I attended a Terabee webinar on Wednesday that featured their new 3Dcam<br>> VGA industrial camera (max range: 5 meters, resolution: 640x480, FOV:<br>> 90x67.5 deg,, speed: 30 fps, cost: $1065 at Mouser - not stocked).<br>> Pricey, but real nice. They do offer a non-industrial camera with less<br>> resolution (80x60 pixels), for $303.<br>><br>> The Terabee offering seems inferior to the OpenCV OAK-D-LITE (max range:<br>> 18 meters, resolution: 640x480, FOV: 72.9x57.7 deg, speed: 30 fps, cost:<br>> ~$90. builtin AI: Movidius) offering that is currently on KickStarter.<br>> This is the one I'm going with. I should mention that unlike the other<br>> depth cameras discussed, it isn't a LiDAR ToF based system.<br>><br>> This morning Sparkfun highlighted Cygbot's Dual Solid-State TOF LiDAR,<br>> CygLiDAR D1, in an email (max range: 2D- 8 meters/ 3D- 2 meters,<br>> resolution: 2D- 0.75 deg / 3D- 160x60, FOV: 2D- 120 deg / 3D- 120x65 deg,<br>> speed: 15 fps, cost: $170). The short 3D range is a concern and it didn't<br>> change my mind, I could get 2 OAK-D-LITEs during the Kickstarter campaign<br>> for the same cost. After the Kickstarter campaign for the OAK-D-LITE is<br>> over and the price goes to $150, this one could be a contender if you<br>> really wanted a LiDAR ToF solution.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> Doug P.<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> DPRGlist mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:DPRGlist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">DPRGlist@lists.dprg.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.dprg.org/listinfo.cgi/dprglist-dprg.org" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/listinfo.cgi/dprglist-dprg.org</a><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210917/e8615260/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/pipermail/dprglist-dprg.org/attachments/20210917/e8615260/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 6<br>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:58:19 -0700<br>From: markus <<a href="mailto:markus@bibi.ca" target="_blank">markus@bibi.ca</a>><br>To: Doug Paradis via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Dprglist] A week of depth cameras...<br>Message-ID: <20210917095819.4bfb8eea@edeltraud><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII<br><br>For completeness, there is also the lineup from Espros.<br>I started experimenting with the epc611 module, available in two<br>configurarions, one for range finding<br><a href="https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/espros-photonics-ag/TOFrange-611/10516871" target="_blank">https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/espros-photonics-ag/TOFrange-611/10516871</a><br>and the other for imaging<br><a href="https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/espros-photonics-ag/TOFcam-611/10516851?s=N4IgTCBcDaIKYAcDGA2AjGkBdAvkA" target="_blank">https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/espros-photonics-ag/TOFcam-611/10516851?s=N4IgTCBcDaIKYAcDGA2AjGkBdAvkA</a><br>(same chip and same driver, just configured differently for the<br>application and the housing). Has an 8x8 ToF sensor, easy to interface<br>driver. Got it hooked up to a Nucleo-32 evaluation board and it works<br>rather nicely - biggest issue was figuring out how to configure the CRC<br>to match the driver.<br><br>The big brother (and fairly new) is the epc635 with 160x60 sensor field:<br><a href="https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/espros-photonics-ag/TOF-CAM-635/10516857" target="_blank">https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/espros-photonics-ag/TOF-CAM-635/10516857</a><br>I have no experience with this one.<br><br>If I ever manage to attend one of your RBNO meetings (still business<br>hours on my end) I can give a demo.<br><br>Have fun,<br>Markus<br><br><br>On Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:44:15 -0500<br>Doug Paradis via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Last week at RBNO, Ray brought up the new ST's VL53L5CXV0GC/1 multi<br>> zone ToF LiDAR sensor (max range: 4 meters, resolution: 8x8. FOV: not<br>> specified, cost: VL53LCX-SATEL breakout board $20 at DigiKey or<br>> X-NUCLEO-53L5AI daughter board at Mouser for $36.25). This one would<br>> take some experimenting to evaluate.<br>> <br>> I attended a Terabee webinar on Wednesday that featured their new<br>> 3Dcam VGA industrial camera (max range: 5 meters, resolution:<br>> 640x480, FOV: 90x67.5 deg,, speed: 30 fps, cost: $1065 at Mouser -<br>> not stocked). Pricey, but real nice. They do offer a non-industrial<br>> camera with less resolution (80x60 pixels), for $303.<br>> <br>> The Terabee offering seems inferior to the OpenCV OAK-D-LITE (max<br>> range: 18 meters, resolution: 640x480, FOV: 72.9x57.7 deg, speed: 30<br>> fps, cost: ~$90. builtin AI: Movidius) offering that is currently on<br>> KickStarter. This is the one I'm going with. I should mention that<br>> unlike the other depth cameras discussed, it isn't a LiDAR ToF based<br>> system.<br>> <br>> This morning Sparkfun highlighted Cygbot's Dual Solid-State TOF<br>> LiDAR, CygLiDAR D1, in an email (max range: 2D- 8 meters/ 3D- 2<br>> meters, resolution: 2D- 0.75 deg / 3D- 160x60, FOV: 2D- 120 deg / 3D-<br>> 120x65 deg, speed: 15 fps, cost: $170). The short 3D range is a<br>> concern and it didn't change my mind, I could get 2 OAK-D-LITEs<br>> during the Kickstarter campaign for the same cost. After the<br>> Kickstarter campaign for the OAK-D-LITE is over and the price goes to<br>> $150, this one could be a contender if you really wanted a LiDAR ToF<br>> solution.<br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> Doug P.<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>DPRGlist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DPRGlist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">DPRGlist@lists.dprg.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.dprg.org/listinfo.cgi/dprglist-dprg.org" target="_blank">http://lists.dprg.org/listinfo.cgi/dprglist-dprg.org</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of DPRGlist Digest, Vol 60, Issue 6<br>***************************************</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>