Garmin LIDAR-Lite v3 Instructions

Lidar Lite v3 Operation Manual

and Technical Specications

Laser Safety

 WARNING

This device requires no regular maintenance. In the event that the device becomes damaged or is inoperable, repair or service must be handled by authorized, factory-trained technicians only. Attempting to repair or service the unit on your own can result in direct exposure to laser radiation and the risk of permanent eye damage. For repair or service, contact your dealer or

Garmin® for more information. This device should not be modied or operated

without its housing or optics. Operating this device without a housing and

optics, or operating this device with modied housing or optics that expose the

laser source, may result in direct exposure to laser radiation and the risk of

permanent eye damage. Removal or modication of the diffuser in front of the

laser optic may result in the risk of permanent eye damage.

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those

specied in this documentation may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

Garmin is not responsible for injuries caused through the improper use or operation of this product.

 CAUTION

This device emits laser radiation. This Laser Product is designated Class 1 during all procedures of operation. This designation means that the laser is safe to look at with the unaided eye, however it is advisable to avoid looking into the beam when operating the device and to turn off the module when not in use.

Documentation Revision Information

Rev Date Changes

0A 09/2016 Initial release

Table of Contents

Lidar Lite v3 Operation Manual and Technical Specications �� 1

Laser Safety ......................................................................................................1

Documentation Revision Information .................................................................1

Specications �� 2

Physical .............................................................................................................2

Electrical ............................................................................................................2

Performance ......................................................................................................2

Interface .............................................................................................................2

Laser ..................................................................................................................2

Connections �� 2

Wiring Harness ..................................................................................................2

Connector ..........................................................................................................2

Connector Port Identication .......................................................................2

I2C Connection Diagrams .................................................................................3

Standard I2C Wiring ....................................................................................3

Standard Arduino I2C Wiring .......................................................................3

PWM Wiring .................................................................................................3

PWM Arduino Wiring....................................................................................3

Operational Information �� 4

Technology ........................................................................................................4

Theory of Operation ...........................................................................................4

Interface .............................................................................................................4

Initialization ..................................................................................................4

Power Enable Pin ........................................................................................4

I2C Interface ................................................................................................4

Mode Control Pin .........................................................................................4

Settings ........................................................................................................4

I2C Protocol Information �� 6

I2C Protocol Operation ......................................................................................7

Control Register List ....................................................................................7

Detailed Control Register Denitions ...........................................................8

Frequently Asked Questions �� 12

Must the device run on 5 Vdc? Can it run on 3.3 Vdc instead? .......................12

What is the spread of the laser beam? ............................................................12

How do distance, target size, aspect, and reectivity effect returned signal

strength? ..........................................................................................................12

How does the device work with reective surfaces? .......................................12

Diffuse Reective Surfaces ........................................................................12

Specular Surfaces .....................................................................................12

How does liquid affect the signal? ...................................................................13

Specications

Connections

Physical

Specication Measurement

Size (LxWxH) 20 × 48 × 40 mm (0.8 × 1.9 × 1.6 in.)

Weight 22 g (0.78 oz.)

Operating temperature -20 to 60°C (-4 to 140°F)

Electrical

Specication Measurement

Power 5 Vdc nominal

4.5 Vdc min., 5.5 Vdc max.

Current consumption 105 mA idle

135 mA continuous operation

Performance

Specication Measurement

Range (70% reective

target)

Resolution +/- 1 cm (0.4 in.)

Accuracy < 5 m ±2.5 cm (1 in.) typical*

Accuracy ≥ 5 m ±10 cm (3.9 in.) typical

Update rate (70%

Reective Target)

Repetition rate ~50 Hz default

40 m (131 ft)

Mean ±1% of distance maximum Ripple ±1% of distance maximum

270 Hz typical 650 Hz fast mode** >1000 Hz short range only

500 Hz max

*Nonlinearity present below 1 m (39.4 in.) **Reduced sensitivity

Interface

Specication Measurement

User interface I2C

PWM External trigger

l2C interface Fast-mode (400 kbit/s)

Default 7-bit address 0x62 Internal register access & control

PWM interface External trigger input

PWM output proportional to distance at 10 μs/cm

Wiring Harness

Wire Color Function

Red 5 Vdc (+)

Orange Power enable (internal pull-up)

Yellow Mode control

Green I2C SCL

Blue I2C SDA

Black Ground (-)

There are two basic congurations for this device:

• I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit)—a serial computer bus used to communicate between this device and a microcontroller, such as an Arduino board (“I2C Interface”, page 4).

• PWM (Pulse Width Modulation)—a bi-directional signal transfer method that triggers acquisitions and returns distance measurements using the mode-control pin (“Mode Control Pin”, page 4).

Connector

You can create your own wiring harness if needed for your project or application. The needed components are readily available from many suppliers.

Part Description Manufacturer Part Number

Connector housing

Connector terminal

Wire UL 1061 26 AWG stranded copper N/A N/A

Connector Port Identication

6-position, rectangular housing, latch-lock connector receptacle with a 1.25 mm (0.049 in.) pitch.

26-30 AWG crimp socket connector terminal (up to 6)

JST GHR-06V-S

JST SSHL-002T-P0.2

Laser

Specication Measurement

Wavelength 905 nm (nominal)

Total laser power (peak)

Mode of operation Pulsed (256 pulse max. pulse train)

Pulse width 0.5 μs (50% duty Cycle)

Pulse train repetition frequency

Energy per pulse <280 nJ

Beam diameter at laser aperture

Divergence 8 mRadian

1.3 W

10-20 KHz nominal

12 × 2 mm (0.47 × 0.08 in.)

➊

➏

Item Pin Function

1 5 Vdc (+)

➊

2 Power enable (internal pull-up)

3 Mode control

4 I2C SCL

5 I2C SDA

6 Ground (-)

➏

I2C Connection Diagrams

Standard I2C Wiring

PWM Wiring

➊

➋

➌

➍

➎

Item Description Notes

680µF electrolytic capacitor You must observe the correct polarity when

➊

Power ground (-) connection Black wire

➋

I2C SDA connection Blue wire

➌

I2C SCA connection Green wire

➍

5 Vdc power (+) connection Red wire

➎

Standard Arduino I2C Wiring

installing the capacitor.

The sensor operates at 4.75 through 5.5 Vdc, with a max. of 6 Vdc.

➊

➋

➌

➍

➎ ➏

Item Description Notes

Trigger pin on microcontroller Connect the other side of the resistor to the

➊

Monitor pin on microcontroller Connect one side of the resistor to the mode-

➋

Power ground (-) connection Black Wire

➌

1kΩ resistor

➍

Mode-control connection Yellow wire

➎

5 Vdc power (+) connection Red wire

➏

PWM Arduino Wiring

trigger pin on your microcontroller.

control connection on the device, and to a monitoring pin on your microcontroller.

The sensor operates at 4.75 through 5.5 Vdc, with a max. of 6 Vdc.

➋

➌

➊

➍

➎

Item Description Notes

680µF electrolytic capacitor You must observe the correct polarity when

➊

I2C SCA connection Green wire

➋

I2C SDA connection Blue wire

➌

Power ground (-) connection Black wire

➍

5 Vdc power (+) connection Red wire

➎

installing the capacitor.

The sensor operates at 4.75 through 5.5 Vdc, with a max. of 6 Vdc.

➊

➋

➌

➍ ➎

Item Description Notes

5 Vdc power (+) connection Red wire

➊

Power ground (-) connection Black Wire

➋

Mode-control connection Yellow wire

➌

Monitor pin on microcontroller Connect one side of the resistor to the mode-

➍

Trigger pin on microcontroller Connect the other side of the resistor to the

➎

1kΩ resistor

➏

The sensor operates at 4.75 through 5.5 Vdc, with a max. of 6 Vdc.

control connection on the device, and to a monitoring pin on your microcontroller.

trigger pin on your microcontroller.

➏

Operational Information

Technology

This device measures distance by calculating the time delay between the

transmission of a Near-Infrared laser signal and its reception after reecting

off of a target. This translates into distance using the known speed of light. Our unique signal processing approach transmits a coded signature and looks for that signature in the return, which allows for highly effective detection with eye-safe laser power levels. Proprietary signal processing techniques are used to achieve high sensitivity, speed, and accuracy in a small, low-power, and low-cost system

Theory of Operation

To take a measurement, this device rst performs a receiver bias correction

routine, correcting for changing ambient light levels and allowing maximum sensitivity.

Then the device sends a reference signal directly from the transmitter to the receiver. It stores the transmit signature, sets the time delay for “zero” distance, and recalculates this delay periodically after several measurements.

Next, the device initiates a measurement by performing a series of acquisitions. Each acquisition is a transmission of the main laser signal while recording the return signal at the receiver. If there is a signal match, the result is stored in memory as a correlation record. The next acquisition is summed

with the previous result. When an object at a certain distance reects the

laser signal back to the device, these repeated acquisitions cause a peak to emerge, out of the noise, at the corresponding distance location in the correlation record.

The device integrates acquisitions until the signal peak in the correlation record reaches a maximum value. If the returned signal is not strong enough for this to occur, the device stops at a predetermined maximum acquisition count.

Signal strength is calculated from the magnitude of the signal record peak

and a valid signal threshold is calculated from the noise oor. If the peak is

above this threshold the measurement is considered valid and the device will calculate the distance, otherwise it will report 1 cm. When beginning the next measurement, the device clears the signal record and starts the sequence again.

Interface

Initialization

On power-up or reset, the device performs a self-test sequence and initializes all registers with default values. After roughly 22 ms distance measurements can be taken with the I2C interface or the Mode Control Pin.

Power Enable Pin

The enable pin uses an internal pullup resistor, and can be driven low to shut off power to the device.

I2C Interface

This device has a 2-wire, I2C-compatible serial interface (refer to I2C-

Bus Specication, Version 2.1, January 2000, available from Philips

Semiconductor). It can be connected to an I2C bus as a slave device, under the control of an I2C master device. It supports 400 kHz Fast Mode data transfer.

The I2C bus operates internally at 3.3 Vdc. An internal level shifter allows the bus to run at a maximum of 5 Vdc. Internal 3k ohm pullup resistors ensure this functionality and allow for a simple connection to the I2C host.

The device has a 7-bit slave address with a default value of 0x62. The effective 8-bit I2C address is 0xC4 write and 0xC5 read. The device will not respond to a general call. Support is not provided for 10-bit addressing.

Setting the most signicant bit of the I2C address byte to one triggers

automatic incrementing of the register address with successive reads or writes within an I2C block transfer. This is commonly used to read the two bytes of a 16-bit value within one transfer and is used in the following example.

The simplest method of obtaining measurement results from the I2C interface

is as follows:

Write 0x04 to register 0x00.

Read register 0x01. Repeat until bit 0 (LSB) goes low.

Read two bytes from 0x8f (High byte 0x0f then low byte 0x10) to obtain the

16-bit measured distance in centimeters.

A list of all available control resisters is available on page 7. For more information about the I2C protocol, see I2C Protocol Operation

(page 7).

Mode Control Pin

The mode control pin provides a means to trigger acquisitions and return the measured distance via Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) without having to use the I2C interface.

The idle state of the mode control pin is high impedance (High-Z). Pulling the mode control pin low will trigger a single measurement, and the device will respond by driving the line high with a pulse width proportional to the

measured distance at 10 μs/cm. A 1k ohm termination resistance is required to

prevent bus contention. The device drives the mode control pin high at 3.3 Vdc. Diode isolation allows

the pin to tolerate a maximum of 5 Vdc. As shown in the diagram PWM Arduino Wiring (page 3), a simple

triggering method uses a 1k ohm resistor in series with a host output pin to pull the mode control pin low to initiate a measurement, and a host input pin connected directly to monitor the low-to-high output pulse width.

If the mode control pin is held low, the acquisition process will repeat

indenitely, producing a variable frequency output proportional to distance. The mode control pin behavior can be modied with the ACQ_CONFIG_REG

(0x04) I2C register as detailed in 0x04 (page 8).

Settings

The device can be congured with alternate parameters for the distance

measurement algorithm. This can be used to customize performance by

enabling congurations that allow choosing between speed, range and

sensitivity. Other useful features are also detailed in this section. See the full register map (Control Register List (page 7) for additional settings not mentioned here.

Receiver Bias Correction

Address Name Description Initial Value

0x00 ACQ_COMMAND Device command --

• Write 0x00: Reset device, all registers return to default values

• Write 0x03: Take distance measurement without receiver bias correction

• Write 0x04: Take distance measurement with receiver bias correction

Faster distance measurements can be performed by omitting the receiver bias correction routine. Measurement accuracy and sensitivity are adversely affected if conditions change (e.g. target distance, device temperature, and optical noise). To achieve good performance at high measurement rates receiver bias correction must be performed periodically. The recommended method is to do so at the beginning of every 100 sequential measurement commands.

Maximum Acquisition Count

Address Name Description Initial Value

0x02 SIG_COUNT_VAL Maximum acquisition count 0x80

The maximum acquisition count limits the number of times the device will

integrate acquisitions to nd a correlation record peak (from a returned signal), which occurs at long range or with low target reectivity. This controls the

minimum measurement rate and maximum range. The unit-less relationship

is roughly as follows: rate = 1/n and range = n^(1/4), where n is the number of

acquisitions.

Measurement Quick Termination Detection

Address Name Description Initial Value

0x04 ACQ_CONFIG_REG Acquisition mode control 0x08

You can enable quick-termination detection by clearing bit 3 in this register. The device will terminate a distance measurement early if it anticipates that the signal peak in the correlation record will reach maximum value. This allows for faster and slightly less accurate operation at strong signal strengths without

sacricing long range performance.

Detection Sensitivity

Address Name Description Initial Value

0x1c THRESHOLD_

BYPASS

Peak detection threshold bypass 0x00

The default valid measurement detection algorithm is based on the peak value, signal strength, and noise in the correlation record. This can be overridden to become a simple threshold criterion by setting a non-zero value. Recommended non-default values are 0x20 for higher sensitivity with more frequent erroneous measurements, and 0x60 for reduced sensitivity and fewer erroneous measurements.

Burst Measurements and Free Running Mode

Address Name Description Initial Value

0x04 ACQ_CONFIG_REG Acquisition mode control 0x08

0x11 OUTER_LOOP_

COUNT

0x45 MEASURE_DELAY Delay between automatic

Burst measurement count control 0x00

0x14

measurements

The device can be congured to take multiple measurements for each measurement command or repeat indenitely for free running mode.

OUTER_LOOP_COUNT (0x11) controls the number of times the device will

retrigger itself. Values 0x00 or 0x01 result in the default one measurement per command. Values 0x02 to 0xfe directly set the repetition count. Value 0xff will enable free running mode after the host device sends an initial measurement command.

The default delay between automatic measurements corresponds to a 10

Hz repetition rate. Set bit 5 in ACQ_CONFIG_REG (0x04) to use the delay value in MEASURE_DELAY (0x45) instead. A delay value of 0x14 roughly

corresponds to 100Hz. The delay is timed from the completion of each measurement. The means that

measurement duration, which varies with returned signal strength, will affect the repetition rate. At low repetition rates (high delay) this effect is small, but for lower delay values it is recommended to limit the maximum acquisition count if consistent frequency is desired.

Velocity

Address Name Description Initial Value

0x09 VELOCITY Velocity measurement output --

The velocity measurement is the difference between the current measurement and the previous one, resulting in a signed (2’s complement) 8-bit number in cm. Positive velocity is away from the device. This can be combined with free running mode for a constant measurement frequency. The default free running frequency of 10 Hz therefore results in a velocity measurement in .1 m/s.

Congurable I2C Address

Address Name Description Initial Value

0x16 UNIT_ID_HIGH Serial number high byte Unique

0x17 UNIT_ID_LOW Serial number low byte Unique

0x18 I2C_ID_HIGH Write serial number high byte for

I2C address unlock

0x19 I2C_ID_LOW Write serial number low byte for

I2C address unlock

0x1a I2C_SEC_ADDR Write new I2C address after

unlock

0x1e I2C_CONFIG Default address response

control

0x00

The I2C address can be changed from its default value. Available addresses

are 7-bit values with a ‘0’ in the least signicant bit (even hexadecimal

numbers). To change the I2C address, the unique serial number of the unit must be read

then written back to the device before setting the new address. The process is

as follows:

Read the two byte serial number from 0x96 (High byte 0x16 and low byte

0x17). Write the serial number high byte to 0x18.

Write the serial number low byte to 0x19.

Write the desired new I2C address to 0x1a.

Write 0x08 to 0x1e to disable the default address.

This can be used to run multiple devices on a single bus, by enabling one, changing its address, then enabling the next device and repeating the process.

The I2C address will be restored to default after a power cycle.

Power Control

Address Name Description Initial Value

0x65 POWER_CONTROL Power state control 0x80

NOTE: The most effective way to control power usage is to utilize the enable pin to deactivate the device when not in use.

Another option is to set bit 0 in this register which disables the receiver circuit, saving roughly 40mA. After being re-enabled, the receiver circuit stabilizes by the time a measurement can be performed. Setting bit 2 puts the device in sleep mode until the next I2C transaction, saving 20mA. Since the wake-up

time is only around 2 m/s shorter than the full power-on time, and both will reset all registers, it is recommended to use the enable pin instead.

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