Lidar Rangefinder Support
Principle Engineer | @Tom Chiu |
Forced to Review | @Christopher Chung @Anthony Luo |
Dragged Along | @Aaditya Chaudhary |
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Objective | Add rangefinder distance measurement support to (no clue what board) |
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Key outcomes | Design and implement rangefinder support using the TFMINI-S Micro LIDAR Module to obtain distance measurement values that can then be used by the drone for other purposes. |
Status | In-PRogress |
Problem Statement
No clue, intuitive reasons for having this support may be for landing, avoiding collision, potentially evaluate velocity of descent based on values obtained through the module.
Scope
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Tasks Break Down:
Timeline
Estimated timeline is ~1 month, as a conservative guess. This is @Tom Chiu 's first project, so there are many unknowns contingent on how long it takes him to grasp topics and organizational structures.
Implementation Details
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Open Questions
Somewhat resolved questions
Are there any recommended documents/areas to look at for understanding the system as a whole? Is it just down to reading the code?
Related to the first question, but I’m unfamiliar with what drones there are, or which drone this feature is intended for; where my code will reside within the zero-pilot repo, or the team intends to use this feature for.
Unresolved questions:
Reference materials
Doc where I’m organizing my findings and preliminary thoughts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DlzcKIkE7AMG2sWp1jjG32tVTUQ7ae8ws9vnYUef9A8/edit?usp=sharing
https://cdn.robotshop.com/media/b/ben/rb-ben-16/pdf/sj-pm-tfmini-s_a00_product_mannual_en_1_.pdf