{"id":478,"date":"2017-08-08T22:44:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T02:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/?p=478"},"modified":"2017-08-08T22:44:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T02:44:45","slug":"hobbyist-lidar-of-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/478\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbyist Lidar of note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scanse.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scanse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scanse.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scanse-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scanse-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I wrote my previous posts on Lidar units, the cheapest 360 degree scanning unit that was suitable for outdoor use cost over $1,000. While both Velodyne and Quanergy have promised sub $1,000 solid-state automotive grade lidar units (at least if bought in automotive industry quantities) within the next 12 months, in the meantime, hobbyists now have the <a href=\"http:\/\/scanse.io\/\">Scanse Sweep<\/a>. This unit uses the previously reported on LIDAR-Lite as it&#8217;s core lidar unit. The specs state that it has a range of 40 meters, a resolution of 1cm, and that because it uses coded signals, it works outdoors as well as indoors. The price, as of today, is $349. This is higher than its original price when launched, which is likely driven by the fact that the cost of LIDAR-Lite units have gone up since it&#8217;s come back into production by it&#8217;s new owner, Garmin. \u00a0The LIDAR-Lite v3 itself has a list price of \u00a0$149.59. \u00a0While certainly not an automotive great sensor, the Scanse Sweep looks like a good product for outdoor as well as indoor projects, including scale vehicle projects, at an affordable price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I wrote my previous posts on Lidar units, the cheapest 360 degree scanning unit that was suitable for outdoor use cost over $1,000. While both Velodyne and Quanergy have promised sub $1,000 solid-state automotive grade lidar units (at least &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/478\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgurrin.info\/robots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}