Integrating lidar sensor
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Hi,
we have recently purchased a Starling 2 Max and we plan to put on a light-weight lidar sensor livox mid 360 on top of it. We would like to know if it is possible to connect the sensor to the voxl board through ethernet to receive the data and also run our ROS1 nodes for localization? We intend to replace the onboard state estimation system with our developed lidar-based solution.
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Hi, can some support answer this question?
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@Muqing-Cao We haven't used this sensor before but if you use an ethernet to USB adapter, you should be able to get a network connection to the sensor from VOXL 2
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@tom Thanks for your reply. Following up with some more details: i believe you mean connecting to the usb-c connector at the side of the the voxl2 board?
If we want to use the lidar-based odometry to replace the onboard qvio, what should we do? Should we inject the estimation into PX4 using MAVROS? -
@Muqing-Cao No you'd likely want to use an add-on board, this would be the cheapest option to give you a USB-A connector that you could attach a USB to ethernet adapter: https://www.modalai.com/products/m0141?variant=46829445513520
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@tom I see. which port on the voxl 2 should i connect this board to? I wonder if this port has been already occupied on the starling 2 max drone.
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@Muqing-Cao On Starling 2 there is likely a wifi dongle in that port
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@tom Ah... So what is your recommendation in this case? We need both wifi and connection to a ethernet device.
