ESP32 Serial communication with A1 Lidar

[hhelmbold]

I have been working on a project for a while now and I am trying to move it from Arduino over to an ESP32. I am using a A1 Lidar by slamtec and I have it working perfectly on the Arduino but I just cannot get it working on the ESP32. I am still learning a lot about both platforms and I will really appreciate it if someone can help to point out my newby errors and why things aren't working. I am attaching my wiring diagrams for Arduino and for ESP32, and also my sketch for the ESP32.

The lidar is not spinning, which makes me think the PWM is not working or not connected correctly? Running the sketch I get the below results which tells me the Lidar is detected, so I do think the Tx and Rx is working on Serial2.

Lidar Detected...
0.00



Sketch :

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1. /*
2.    RPLidar on ESP32
3.  
4. */
5.  
6. #include <HardwareSerial.h>
7. //HardwareSerial LiSerial(1);
8. #include "esp32-hal-ledc.h"
9.  
10. // This sketch code is based on the RPLIDAR driver library provided by RoboPeak
11. #include <RPLidar.h>
12.  
13. // You need to create an driver instance
14. RPLidar lidar;
15.  
16. #define RPLIDAR_MOTOR 21 // The PWM pin for control the speed of RPLIDAR's motor.
17.  
18. // setting PWM properties
19. const int freq = 10000;
20. const int ledChannel = 1;
21. const int resolution = 8;
22.  
23. void setup() {
24.   Serial.begin(115200);
25.  
26.   // bind the RPLIDAR driver to the ESP32 hardware serial2
27.   lidar.begin(Serial2);
28.  
29.   // configure LED PWM functionalitites
30.   ledcSetup(ledChannel, freq, resolution);
31.  
32.   // attach the channel to the GPIO to be controlled
33.   ledcAttachPin(RPLIDAR_MOTOR, ledChannel);
34.  
35.   // set pin modes
36.   pinMode(RPLIDAR_MOTOR, OUTPUT);
37.  
38. }
39.  
40. void loop() {
41.     if (IS_OK(lidar.waitPoint())) {
42.       float distance = lidar.getCurrentPoint().distance; //distance value in mm unit
43.       float angle    = lidar.getCurrentPoint().angle; //anglue value in degree
44.       bool  startBit = lidar.getCurrentPoint().startBit; //whether this point is belong to a new scan
45.       byte  quality  = lidar.getCurrentPoint().quality; //quality of the current measurement
46.  
47.       //perform data processing here...
48.       Serial.println("Lidar Get info...");
49.  
50.     } else {
51.       ledcWrite(RPLIDAR_MOTOR, 0);
52.       delay(15);
53.       // try to detect RPLIDAR...
54.       rplidar_response_device_info_t info;
55.       if (IS_OK(lidar.getDeviceInfo(info, 100))) {
56.          // detected...
57.          Serial.println("Lidar Detected...");
58.          lidar.startScan();
59.  
60.          // start motor rotating at max allowed speed
61.          ledcWrite(RPLIDAR_MOTOR, 255);
62.          delay(1000);
63.       }
64.     }
65.     Serial.println(lidar.getCurrentPoint().distance);
66. }

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[GeorgeFlorian1]

Hello. Have you ever made this work on the ESP32 ?

[bhalbach]

Did you ever find a solution to your issues with the ESP32.