Configure a Velodyne Camera

A velodyne camera uses Velodyne lidar. The velodyne must be running locally at address 127.0.0.1.

• Config Builder
• JSON Template

Navigate to the CONFIGURE tab of your machine’s page in the Viam app. Click the + icon next to your machine part in the left-hand menu and select Component. Select the camera type, then select the velodyne model. Enter a name or use the suggested name for your camera and click Create.

Edit and fill in the attributes as applicable.

{
  "name": "<your-camera-name>",
  "model": "velodyne",
  "type": "camera",
  "namespace": "rdk",
  "attributes": {
    "port": <int>,
    "ttl_ms": <int>,
  }
}

The following attributes are available for velodyne cameras:

View the camera stream

Once your camera is configured and connected, go to the CONTROL tab, and click on the camera’s dropdown menu. Then toggle the camera or the Point Cloud Data view to ON. If everything is configured correctly, you will see the live video feed from your camera. You can change the refresh frequency as needed to change bandwidth.

Next steps

Calibrate a Camera

Calibrate a camera and extract the intrinsic and distortion parameters.

transform

Instructions for transforming a camera.

Computer Vision

The vision service enables your machine to use its on-board cameras to intelligently see and interpret the world around it.