It’s common when you unplug and plugin a usb device on linux for the device name to change. i.e. from /dev/ttyUSB1 to /dev/USB2. This poses a problem when you want to programmatically access these devices. You can however use udev rules to ensure the device always has a familiar name as a link to the […]
Announcing the release of v2.0 of the GetSurreal Lidar Controller What’s Different from v1.2 to v2.0? The new Lidar Controller v2.0 now supports both the Neato Botvac series 65, 70e, 75, D75, 80, D80, 85, D85 and XV Series Lidars. We brought back the breakout pins to allow for powering and communicating to the Teensy without […]
Announcing the release of v1.2 of the XV Lidar Controller We were happy with the success and feedback of our initial release of the XV Lidar Controller and pleased to release the next iteration of the board. What’s Different from v1.1 to v1.2? The XV Lidar Controller v1.2 is meant to be a single […]
Introducing an interface board to connect directly to the Neato XV Lidar and control the rotation speed through Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). The data from the XV Lidar is then re-transmitted upstream to a USB host device such as a PC, BeagleBone, or Raspberry Pi to process the distance information. This controller is designed around […]
This is usually caused by a DNS resolution problem rather than an actual NTP issue. I power up and shutdown test machines all the time so things are always changing. If the configured DNS is no longer valid then boot up time can be painfully slow. In order to speed up the process there are […]