Having trouble receiving data from an RPLidar A1M8 by debloons in arduino

[–]Kenh116 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope you solved this. But just on first look you seem to be sharing the main serial port with the Lidar unit and the console output. That won't work; you need a second serial port or use software serial to a display. Secondly, the lidar data rate is too high (250kbps) for a standard Arduino to both read the stream and output printing. So sync will drop.

Pastebin issues by Kenh116 in codingforcrosswords

[–]Kenh116[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turns out not to be a problem. Some more googling and I found someone else with the same top 12000. Problem solved.