BOAR

Basic Obstacle Avoidance Robot

Dependencies

• "jSerialComm" is required on the RasberryPi to communicate with the arduino (run wget https://github.com/Fazecast/jSerialComm/releases/download/v2.6.2/jSerialComm-2.6.2.jar to install)

Parts

Lidar (RPLIDAR A1M8)

SDK and Documentation

Verrify conection to RasberryPi

To verrify, that the lidar is connected to the RasberryPi you can run ls /dev/ttyUSB* this should display somthing like: /dev/ttyUSB0

Displaying current data on windows machienes

To connect the Lidar to a Windows machine, you need to install the drivers, and then start the program.

1. Install drivers (either 64x or 84x)
2. Connect Lidar to computer via USB
3. Find out COM port of Lidar
   • The Lidar should show up in ports tab in device manager as Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge + the com port.
   • If it does not show up, the drivers are not installed correctly (A restart is required after driver instalation!)
4. Download and open the latest version of frame_grabber.exe
5. Open frame_grabber.exe and select COM port of Lidar