the lidar that is supported by ardu is very expensive and is not as good for outdoor use
we need to find and source a lidar that is good for atleast 12 m and works well outside, with atleast 360 degrees of coverage
write a driver for this to work with ardu
the current outdoor, ardu supported lidar costs 600 dollars
in the future wed like cheaper options so we can afford to buy and use multiple (can only buy 1 lidar for now)
ardupilot has a list of supported lidars, we want to just add support for more models
list is not up to date ^
wed want to add support for another omnidirectional proximity lidar
tasks
source a lidar and give details to anni so he can coordinate with other subteams [ Nov 3rd ]
design matrix 😭
we list the lidars
we find the data
other subteams can make their own weights and find their top 3 choices based on that
we all discuss
show range, outdoor use, weight, current draw,
ideally around 200 CAD (but less is better)
max wed consider 600 CAD (this is the current cost that we pay)
HAS to have good outdoor capabilities
absolute min is 4-6, ideal is 12m, no real upper limit
write a driver for it [End of the term]
make a fresh stm project with a nucleo, get a POC working
integrate into the ardu codebase
big codebase, not as much support, will take time to understand
test the driver [End of the term]
PR into ardu main [ feb-marchish ]
flight tests needed [april]
will buy some nucleo stm32 H7 for this, or we can use stm32f405
if this is done before comp, there is a non zero chance it flies if the main lidar has issues or gets broken etc
New priorities
Gemini
Ardupilot Lidar support
CAN sensor board & RTK support
other random projects?
lighting control
OSD
support for individual sensors