Urg library for node.js

This is a ported JS library of the original URG library written in C/C++, aiming to read data from Hokuyo URG-Series sensors, which are accurate distance measurement sensors.This port is implemented using nbind.

Currently, the library only implement the basic functions of reading lidar data and is only work on Linux and Mac.

I only test this on UTM-30LX. More testing appreciated.

Future work

• Write build files files for Windows so the library can be used on Windows.

• Implement more advanced functions.

API

• getXY(laserPortName)

  • laserPortName is a string of the port e.g. '/dev/ttyS2'
  • return a promise, when success, will contain a 2d array in the following form : [[x0, y0], [x1, y1]...]

• urg_angle_dist(laserPortName)

  • return a promise, when success, will contain an object of {distance: [...], angle: [...]}