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G. FlurryJava on the Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7264-0_10

10. A Lidar Unit

Greg Flurry1  
(1)
Austin, TX, USA
 

In this chapter, we’ll examine another device I used in my autonomous rover – a Lidar Unit that supports localization and navigation. Appendix A2 describes the simple custom-built Lidar Unit built around a USB-connected Arduino. The Lidar Unit is a real-life example of off-loading tasks from the Raspberry Pi to an Arduino, in particular to leverage the microcontroller’s “near-real-time” nature.

In this chapter, I’ll cover

  • Implementation of a device library for a USB serial device

  • Design and implementation of a device library from scratch ...

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