Mouser and ADI Supply Modular Custom Hardware and Software Platforms
Can be connected to an FPGA board via the FMC connector interface

A LiDAR prototyping platform has been developed to shorten system development time in application fields such as automotive, aerospace, defense, security, environment, and Industry 4.0.
Mouser Electronics and ADI announced that they are supplying the AD FMCLIDAR1 EBZ LiDAR prototyping platform to support engineers in applying next-generation technologies based on LiDAR.

The newly unveiled LiDAR platform is a modular hardware and open-source software platform designed for the development of 1D non-scanning LiDAR products, which helps to shorten the prototyping path for LiDAR systems.

The hardware consists of one laser board connected to a high-speed data acquisition (DAQ) board and one analog front-end (AFE). This board includes an FMC-compliant connector interface, allowing users to connect it to any desired FPGA board.

The laser board can accommodate four individual lasers to accurately emit lasers at a wavelength of 905 nm, and designers can customize optical elements on the board using industry-standard mountable adapters based on design needs.

The hardware platform emits lasers up to a range of 60m and provides a horizontal resolution of 16 pixels and 1GSPS data sampling performance through four separate channels.

Open source software combines industry-standard tools and operating systems, such as Linux industrial I/O applications, MATLAB, Simulink, custom C/C, and Python C# applications.

Licensed JESD204B interface frameworks help reduce development complexity and deterministic data transfer times to the host system.

Jeff Newell, Senior Vice President at Mouser, said, “ADI is now able to supply the tools and design resources engineers need to develop next-generation LiDAR applications, while Mouser can supply ADI’s LiDAR prototyping platform. Through this platform, engineers can shorten the path to prototyping LiDAR systems.”