XV-11 LIDAR Sensor hacking info

Note: This is copyof very useful info from https://xv11hacking.wikispaces.com/LIDAR+Sensor because wikispaces is going to close and I don't want to loose this useful info

The LIDAR sensor is what started this entire project. Find all the information you need below.


The actual name of the sensor is Piccolo Laser Distance Sensor, abbreviated into LDS, but many different names are used to refer to it: Neato LDS, Neato lidar, XV-11 lidar, XV-11 sensor...