Hello, I am a university student currently working on developing an AUV. I have been building a Python-based driver to get our Ping360 Sonar data onto our ROS network, specifically inside a sensor_msgs/LaserScan message type for later use with SLAM. Currently, I have implemented a manual scan with …

[image] Sirio Jansen-Sanchez: Those links were very insightful and I have the program working correctly now. Glad to hear it! :slight_smile: [image] Sirio Jansen-Sanchez: … I read somewhere that the transmit frequency should also be attenuated based on a few other parameters for clarity.…

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EliotBR (Eliot) February 22, 2023, 6:03am 2

Hi @SirJansen, welcome to the forum

I’d recommend reading the following threads, then following up if you have further questions:

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