Has anyone had any success using an A1 (or any RPLidar for that matter) with an ESP8266 based processor using Arduino? Apparently they work with an UNO but I’d like to use a chip with wifi onboard. I’ve also seen a project where someone successfully used an ESP-32, so I might tr…

Thanks for the reply. I did make some progress but decided to take the ESP32 route, which is working fine. For anyone wanting to use an ESP8266, you will need to modify the core libraries in the Arduino IDE that deal with the ESP8266 UART. I rolled the IDE’s ESP8266 board libra…

Hello @rick_s ! You can try using this tool to get an idea of what the issue might be: [image] GitHub - me-no-dev/EspExceptionDecoder: Exception Stack Trace Decoder for ESP8266 and... Exception Stack Trace Decoder for ESP8266 and ESP32 …

Hey there I’m trying to use the RPLidar A2 with an esp32 using the Arduino IDE but everytime I call lidar.begin() the esp32 crashes, do you have any idea what could be the problem or would you mind sharing the code you’re using? Thank you very much.

Here is a sample of the code I used with the A1. I’m sure the ESP32 libraries have been updated since I used this. If your ESP32 crashes with this code then you might try selecting an older version of the esp32 board core library. It could also be a hardware issue. Some of the es…

Thank you very much, I actually found the solution, I modified the RPLidar.h and RPLidar.cpp files in the RPLidarDriver library folder. [image-20220826143407560]

RPLidar A1M8 with ESP8266

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geraldinebc15 September 24, 2021, 3:25pm 6

Hello @rick_s!

You can try using this tool to get an idea of what the issue might be:

If you are not able to solve the issue and you really need to use Arduino I suggest contacting Slamtec directly and ask if they have support for the ESP8266.

And if you are open to not use Arduino you might be interested in this:

Also, this user was interested in something similar so you might want to contact him:

I hope that helps!