Laser range finder hack

Today I found  a PLR 15 laser range finder from Bosch for 45 Euro in a German DIY store. I bought and disassembled it to see if it could be used as a laser ranger finder in robotics. The main issue will be to debug the communication protocol. I hope it outputs distance measurements over serial directly like the UNI-T UT390B. The PLR 15 has a 7 pin debugging port, see third image.

TBC

REFERENCES:

• Arduino-laser-distance-meter based on UNI-T UT390B