User Guide
CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................... 1
1. OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................... 3
ITEMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT KIT ....................................................................................................................... 3
RPLIDAR A2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
USB ADAPTER .................................................................................................................................................... 4
2. CONNECTION AND USAGE ............................................................................................................. 5
CONNECTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
INSTALL DRIVER FOR THE USB ADAPTER ........................................................................................................... 6
RUN DEMO APPLICATION .................................................................................................................................. 7
TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................................................... 10
MOTOR SPEED ADJUSTMENT ........................................................................................................................... 10
3. SDK INTRODUCTION AND USAGE ............................................................................................. 11
RPLIDAR A2 PIN DEFINITION AND SPECIFICATION ....................................................................................... 11
PIN DEFINITION FOR THE USB ADAPTER ......................................................................................................... 12
CONFIGURE RPLIDAR A2 SCAN FREQUENCY ................................................................................................. 12
SDK USAGE ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
4. OPERATION RECOMMENDATION .............................................................................................. 13
PRE-HEATING FOR BEST PERFORMANCE ......................................................................................................... 13
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE................................................................................................................................... 13
AMBIENT LIGHT ................................................................................................................................................ 13
5. REVISION HISTORY ......................................................................................................................... 14
APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................................. 15
IMAGE AND TABLE INDEX ................................................................................................................................. 15
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