neato-lidar


A lib to decode a salvaged neato lidar.

Install

``bash
npm install --save neato-lidar
`

Usage

`javascript
const SerialPort = require('serialport')
const LidarPacket = require('../lib/index.js').LidarPacket

const serial = new SerialPort('/dev/ttyS0', {
baudrate: 115200,
parser: SerialPort.parsers.byteDelimiter([0xfa])
})

serial.on('open', function (err) {
console.log('serial is open', err)
})

serial.on('data', function (data) {
data = new Uint8Array([0xFA].concat(data.slice(0, 21)))

try {
let lp = new LidarPacket(data)
lp.measures
.filter((m) => !m.invalid)
.forEach((m) => console.log(m.index + '° -> ' + m.distance + 'mm'))
} catch (e) {
console.error(e)
}
})
``

Samples

* Read speed
* Read angles and distances