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Hello,
I would like to attach an external device (a LiDAR device) via USB-to-serial to the VOXL2. I was looking through the documentation of the M0151, but I only see that the UART port can be accessed at /dev/ttyHS1. Would connecting my device via the expansion board open up a ttyUSB port to access?

Hello,
I would like to attach an external device (a LiDAR device) via USB-to-serial to the VOXL2. I was looking through the documentation of the M0151, but I only see that the UART port can be accessed at /dev/ttyHS1. Would connecting my device via the expansion board open up a ttyUSB port to access?

@Zachary-Lowell-0 Thanks Zach, went ahead and sent you an email.

Hi,
I would like to connect a Unitree LiDAR L1 to the VOXL2 Sentinel to use the LiDAR's data instead of the stereo camera system. The main goal would be to pipe this data to voxl-mapper for autonomous path planning. Has anybody done anything similar to this or is there a way to adapt the LiDAR as a TOF sensor? Thank you in advance.

Hi all,
My project requires the integration of an external LiDAR (Unitree LiDAR L1) to be used with the VOXL2 Sentinel Drone. Seeing as directly replacing the sensors will require extremely specific knowledge of the camera interface, I am instead trying to use the LiDAR's point cloud data for voxl-mapper and effectively bypass the built-in sensors. I will be able to parse the LiDAR point cloud and IMU data through ROS. My question is has anybody else done something similar with an external sensor and if so, how did you go about doing it and what problems did you run into? If possible, would anybody mind sharing some of their code and configurations? Thank you in advance, it would be extremely helpful for this project.

@Zachary-Lowell-0 Hi, this is a reply out of nowhere but our project also involves integrating a LiDAR (not the RealSense) with the VOXL2. We have not yet started the process, but I was wondering if your project involved the replacement of the TOF sensors or just piping the LiDAR data to voxl-mapper and bypassing the data sent by the built-in sensors. I also want to ask about the code you used and problems you encountered if it's no trouble to you, it would be substantially helpful for our project.