Laser

Cacic has Scanning Laser Range Finder, Hokuyo UTM-30LX

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Image credit: RobotShop

Laser Specs

  • Supply Voltage: 12VDC +- 10%
  • Supply Current: 1.0 MAX, 0.7 NORMAL
  • Detection Range: 0.1 ~ 30 m
  • Measurement Resolution: 0.1~10 m: σ < 10 mm, 10~30: σ < 30 mm
  • Scan Angle: 270°
  • Angular resolution: 0.25° (360°/1440)
  • Scan Speed: 25 ms
  • Interface: USB 2.0

Driver

The communication with the device is provided by a ROS node, go to How to use the laser for more details.

Note

The urg_node is the only driver for Hokuyo Laser since ROS Kinetic and fully REP 138 compliant, maybe in the future we will use it.

DC-DC Power Supply

The Laser has a custom circuit board to supply voltage and current with high precision. The project was made in Frienting? by a Nordic gnome, you can view and modify the project in whatever.