https://github.com/iliasam/OpenSimpleLidar

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Open Hardware scanning laser rangefinder

OpenSimpleLidar

Open Hardware scanning laser rangefinder.

It is really cheap - its components cost less than $35.

Example of Hector SLAM working with this Lidar:

This Lidar is using triangulation method for measuring distance to objects. It can be shown by this picture:

Some modeled pictures of the assembled Lidar can be found here: https://github.com/iliasam/OpenSimpleLidar/tree/master/Misc/Pictures/

Now I'm updating the documentation for this LIDAR.

Some more info: https://hackaday.io/project/20628-opensimplelidar

See also another my Lidar project: https://github.com/iliasam/OpenLIDAR