Try it in 60 seconds - no hardware needed. It supports 23+ LiDAR models including LDROBOT, YDLIDAR, RPLIDAR, 3irobotix, Neato, Xiaomi, Camsense and Hitachi-LG.
Show HN: I've hooked up 2D LiDARs to Raspberry Pi, wrote Python library lds2d
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