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Velodyne HD HDL-64E S2.1 User Manual

Manual is about: High Definition LiDAR Sensor

Summary of HD HDL-64E S2.1

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    Hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 high definition lidar ™ sensor u s e r ’ s m a n u a l a n d p r o g r a m m i n g g u i d e firmware version 4.07.

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    I 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 10 10 11 11 11 13 13 13 14 15 s a f e t y n o t i c e s i n t r o d u c t i o n in the box p r i n c i p l e s o f o p e r a t i o n i n s t a l l a t i o n o v e r v i e w front/back mounting side mounting top mounting wiring u s a g e use the included point-cloud viewer d...

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    [ i ] caution — safety notice caution to reduce the risk of electric shock and to avoid violating the warranty, do not open sensor body. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous v...

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    Congratulations on your purchase of a velodyne hdl-64e s2 or s2.1 high definition lidar sensor. These sensors represent a breakthrough in sensing technology by providing more information about the surrounding environment than previously possible. The hdl-64e s2 or s2.1 high definition lidar sensors ...

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    The sensor operates, instead of a single laser firing through a rotating mirror, with 64 lasers fixed mounted on upper and lower laser blocks, each housing 32 lasers. Both laser blocks rotate as a single unit. With this design each of the lasers fires tens of thousands of times per second, providing...

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    Two m8-1.25mm x 12mm deep mounting points. (two per side, for a total of 8.) mounting base [152.4mm] 6.00 [203.2mm] 8.00 [21mm] .83 [25.4mm] 1.00 the sensor base provides the following mounting options: • front/back mount (figure 2) • side mount (figure 3) • top mount (figure 4) the sensor can be mo...

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    Mounting base [25.4mm] 1.00 [152.4mm] 6.00 [203.2mm] 8.00 [21mm] .83 side mounting figure 3. Side hdl mounting illustration. [ 4 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual installation overview.

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    Top mounting figure 4. Top hdl mounting illustration. [ 5 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual installation overview four 0.41” [10.3mm] through holes for top mount option to secure the hdl to the vehicle. [33.8mm] 1.33 [177.8mm] 7.00 [12.7mm] .50 [12.7mm] .50 [177.8mm] 7.00

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    Wiring the sensor comes with a pre-wired connector, wired with power, db9 serial and standard rj45 ethernet connectors. The connector wires are approximately 10’ [3 meters] in length. Power. Connect the red and black wires to vehicle power. Be sure red is positive polarity. The sensor is rated only ...

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    The following provides more detail on each of the above steps. 1. Establish communication with the sensor. The sensor broadcasts udp packets. By using a network monitoring tool, such as wireshark, you can capture and observe the packets as they are generated by the sensor. See appendix e for the udp...

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    3. Parse the packets for rotation, block, distance and intensity data. Each sensor’s lifo data packet has a 1206 byte payload consisting of 12 blocks of 100 byte firing data followed by 6 bytes of calibration and other information pertaining to the sensor. Each 100 byte record contains a block ident...

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    [ 9 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual usage available commands the following run-time commands are available with the sensor: command description parameters #hdlrpmnnnn$ set spin rate from 300 to 1200 rpm nnnn is an integer between 0300 and 1200 n flash memory (default is 600 rpm) #hdlrpnnnnn$ set...

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    Control spin rate change spin rate in flash memory the sensor can spin at rates ranging from 300 rpm (5 hz) to 1200 rpm (20 hz). The default is 600 rpm (10 hz). Changing the spin rate does not change the data rate – the unit sends out the same number of packets (at a rate of ~1.3 million data points...

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    Define sensor memory ip source and destination addresses the hdl- 64e comes with the following default ip addresses: • source: 192.168.3.043 • destination: 192.168.3.255 to change either of the above ip addresses, issue a serial command of the case sensitive format #hdlipassssssssssssdddddddddddd$ w...

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    The images below show the gps adaptor box, included with the hdl-64e, and optional gps receiver. [ 12 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual usage gps equipment gps adaptor box front & back view gps adaptor box model no. Hdl-64-adapt (included) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 # color signal name 1 red +12v dc power 2 ...

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    Packet format and status byte for gps time stamping the 6 bytes at the end of the data packet report gps timing and synchronization data. For every packet, the last 6 bytes are formatted as follows: timestamp bytes in reverse order in microseconds bytes description notes 4 gps timestamp 32 bit unsig...

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    Lasers are numbered sequentially starting with 0 for the first lower block laser to 31 for the last lower block laser; and 32 for the first upper block laser to 63 for the last upper block laser. For example, laser 32 fires simultaneously with laser 0, laser 33 fires with laser 1, and so on. The sen...

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    6.00 152.4 4.50 114.3 1.27 32.3 .83 21 (2 per side for a total of 8) two m8-1.25x12mm deep mounting points 1.70 43.2 10.24 260.2 6.00 152.4 .83 21 1.93 49 .71 17.9 c l 8.00 203.2 7.00 177.8 7.00 177.8 8.80 223.5 four .41 [10.3] thru for top mount option 8.00 203.2 isometric view c l [ 15 ] hdl-64e s...

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    [ 16 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix b: wiring diagram harting technology group metal version, standard straight style model no. 10-12-005-2001.

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    Digital sensor recorder (dsr) dsr is a 3d point-cloud visualization software program designed for use with the sensor. This software is an “out of the box” tool for the rendering and recording of point cloud data from the hdl unit. You can develop visualization software using the dsr as a reference ...

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    Record data 1. Confirm the input of streaming data through the live playback feature. 2. Click the record button. Record button = 5. Enter the name and location for the pcap file to be created. 6. Recording begins immediately once the file information has been entered. 7. Click record again to disco...

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    Dsr key controls zoom: z = zoom in shift, z = zoom out z axis rotation: y = rotate cw shift, y = rotate ccw x axis rotation: p = rotate cw shift, p = rotate ccw y axis rotation: r = rotate cw shift, r = rotate ccw z shift: f = forward b = back x shift: l = left h = right y shift: u = up d = down aux...

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    Matlab sample code to read calibration data from hdl-64e output. Filefilter = '*.Pcap'; [file_name,directory]=uigetfile(filefilter,'open a .Pcap file') ; filename=[directory file_name]; tic; fid=fopen(filename); ttc=fread(fid,40); ttc=fread(fid,42); ttc=fread(fid,inf,'1206*uint8=>uint8',58); %ttch=d...

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    % add high and low bytes of rotational correction factor together and check if positive or negative correction factor. Rotationalcorr(i)=temp(5)*256+temp(4); if rotationalcorr(i)>32768 rotationalcorr(i)=rotationalcorr(i)-65536; end % scale rotational correction factor by diving by 100. Rotationalcor...

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    Version=dec2hex(value(s-1)) temperature=value(s-2) gps=value(s-3) speed=single(value(s-48))+single(value(s-47))*256 fov_start=single(value(s-46))+single(value(s-45))*256 fov_end=single(value(s-44))+single(value(s-43))*256 warning=value(s-13) power=value(s-12) humidity=value(s-58) % done with unit pa...

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    Data packet format the sensor outputs udp ethernet packets. Each packet contains a header, a data payload of firing data and status data. Data packets are assembled with the collection of all firing data for six upper block sequences and six lower block sequences. The upper block laser distance and ...

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    [ 24 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix e: data packet format firmware version 4.07 (sheet 1 of 3 ) version 4.07 47.

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    [ 25 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix e: data packet format firmware version 4.07 (sheet 2 of 3 ) upper block threshold fe ff * for laser 63, these bytes will contain the time stamp representing when the calibration data was uploaded in the following sequence: lower block threshold reser...

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    [ 26 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix e: data packet format firmware version 4.07 (sheet 3 of 3 ) threshold a8 both = 2 strongest = 0 last = 1.

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    [ 27 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix e: data packet format last six bytes examples examples of the last row of 11 consecutive packets follows. In all cases, the “seconds” figure represents the origin of the packet expressed in seconds since the top of the hour. Packet #7648: packet #764...

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    Packet #7652: packet #7653: packet #7654: packet #7655: packet #7656: [ 28 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix e: data packet format 40 = ver 4.07 47.

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    Packet #7657: packet #7658: [ 29 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix e: data packet format not used (spare) not used (spare).

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    [ 30 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix f: dual two point calibration methodology d y = d 1y + (d 2 - d 1y ) (x - 0) _______ (x 2 - 0) d x = d 1x + (d 2 - d 1x ) (x - x 1 ) _______ (x 2 - x 1 ) dual two point calibration methodology and code samples velodyne uses a dual point calibration m...

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    Float cosrotcorrection = cal->getcosrotcorrection(); float sinrotcorrection = cal->getsinrotcorrection(); float cosrotangle = rotcostable[data->position]*cosrotcorrection + rotsintable[data->position]*sinrotcorrection; float sinrotangle = rotsintable[data->position]*cosrotcorrection - rotcostable[da...

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    [ 32 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix f: dual two point calibration methodology intensity compensation vs distance intensity compensation is done in the software for different channels by changing a parameter in the calibration window until the measurement gets to a uniform intensity for...

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    // calculate corrected intensity vs distance float intensityval1 = intensityval + focalslope*(abs(focaloffset-256*(1- distance/65535)*(1-distance/65535))); if (intensityval1 if (intensityval1 > maxintensity) intensityval1=maxintensity; // scale to new intensity scale float intensitycolor = (float)(i...

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    Hdl-64e ethernet timing table overview the ethernet timing table shows how much time elapses between the actual capturing of a point’s data event and when that point is an event output from the sensor. By registering the event of the ethernet data capture, you can calculate back in time the exact ti...

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    How to use this table the table represents a sensor data packet. The laser returns come out in the order listed. Simply subtract from the timestamp of the output event of the packet each data value to arrive at the actual time the distance point was captured inside the sensor. [ 35 ] hdl-64e s2 and ...

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    [ 36 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual appendix h: laser and detector arrangement sensor beam on the wall as seen on camera in night vision mode sensor as seen from the back of the unit.

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    Rpm rps total laser points points per laser angular resolution (hz) per revolution per revolution (degrees) 300 5 266,627 4167 .0864 600 10 133,333 2083 .1728 900 15 88,889 1389 .2592 1200 20 66,667 1042 .3456 notes: these values apply equally to the upper and lower block. [ 37 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1...

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    [ 38 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual troubleshooting service and maintenance use this chart to troubleshoot common problems with the sensor.Use this chart to troubleshoot common problems with the sensor. Problem resolution unit doesn’t spin verify power connection and polarity. Verify proper vol...

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    [ 39 ] hdl-64e s2 and s2.1 user’s manual specifications sensor: laser: mechanical: output: dimensions (h/w/d): shipping weight: (approx.) • 64 lasers/detectors • 360 degree field of view (azimuth) • 0.09 degree angular resolution (azimuth) • vertical field of view: s2: +2 — -8.33 @ 1/3 degree spacin...

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