After near tree months I recived happy the Lidar Lite V2, but now I have a concern because, apparently is discontinued?
something wrong with this thing?
It's a risk to put on my quad? :(
Answer I recived: Lidar was purchased from Garmin, so It's going to re-appear under Garmin name.
Now is in the market Lightware, developing altimeters for Ardu pilot and helping rangefinders users in this forum ( http://www.lightware.co.za/shop/en/4-drone-altimeters. )
I changed the title because this post discussion content look's usefull for other rangefinders too.
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Resistors lose there voltage accuracy in resistance when they become overheated from too much current draw. However I don't thing the PWM signals draw much of any current so I'm sure it hooking a 1/4 watt up would work just fine.
Many thank's Doug.
Many thank's mark and Randy, I'm going to find the resistor, install, and share results :D
Great photos mark, I have similar mount possibility.
This is a new guy in town, being tested by FAA.
Now that Garmain has bought out PulseLite You can bet that the price will shoot up quite a bit,
The Latas by Hawk Precision has lot more features, It is in Prototype for now , and no prices or when it will be on the market.
Google is suppose to design something along these lines, but there is nothing from them on the Web right now.
I wanted to purchase a Lidar-Lite v3 but you can't find one on the market, It is suppose to come out again by Garmain as a V4 . So now I will wait and see when the Latas comes out and it's pricing.
Check this out for more info on Latas.
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/latas-advanced-geofences-and-ai...
They were bought by Garmin but I hear the sensors will re-appear a some point under the Garmin badge.
Randy / anybody. . .
do you have any thoughts on the 'TerraRanger' vs the laser sensors?
The TR is about $203, with all the cables, shipping, VAT, etc. added in. It appears that they are in stock now:
http://www.teraranger.com/products/teraranger-one/
The SF10 is now up to $269, and only Acroname is carrying it, with a back order until late Feb:
https://acroname.com/store/r395-sf11-c?sku=R395-SF11-C
As you point out, the Lidar Lite units are un-available at this date, with SparkFun showing it as 'Retired', but the RobotShop is taking pre-ship orders at $114, with no shipping dates projected:
http://www.robotshop.com/en/lidar-lite-2-laser-rangefinder-pulsedli...
I have a PixFlow sensor that I would like to mount up and use, but the Wiki says that I need to have one of these altitude units, as the sonar is not recognized by AC 3.3.3
According to PulsedLight, there won't be any more LidarLite v2. They indicated (via email) that v3 will be out in the 2nd quarter of this year.
The TeraRanger looks like a nice unit. The only thing I don't like is that it requires 10-20V power. I have a 5V BEC powering the Pixhawk rail so I'd prefer a 5V unit to simplify wiring.
Personally, I'm waiting for the LightWare SF11. It has 100m range and is priced at $269. It's listed as available at the end of this month.
I usually fly in Guided mode. Currently, there is no rangefinder support in Guided mode so I'm not in a rush. My fingers are crossed for support in AC 3.4.
Acroname emailed that they will have stock for the SF11/C later this week. I just placed an order.
@David - sorry for the delays in having the SF11/C off-the-shelf. We were totally surprised by the number of orders that we got once we announced the product was available because we didn't know that the LL2 was going to be pulled from the market. We're pushing as hard as possible to catch up with orders and will try to get it back in stock ASAP.
@LaserDev Thanks for your reply. No need for an apology as far as I'm concerned. I don't mind waiting a few weeks for a good product.
Does anyone know if Guided mode rangefinder support is still a possibility in AC 3.4? I asked elsewhere but didn't get a reply.
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