https://github.com/nandini-menon/point-cloud-generation

https://github.com/nandini-menon/point-cloud-generation

arduino-uno numpy pcd point-cloud pyserial python-3-5 sensor serial-communication servo-motor vtk

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nandini-menon/point-cloud-generation
• Owner: nandini-menon
• Created: 2018-11-03T10:08:37.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-03-17T19:14:39.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-19T07:42:23.568Z (16 days ago)
• Topics: arduino-uno, numpy, pcd, point-cloud, pyserial, python-3-5, sensor, serial-communication, servo-motor, vtk
• Language: Python
• Size: 9.28 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md

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README

        
# Point Cloud Generation

This project uses Arduino and python(3.x) to generate a PCD file from the arduino and visualize it in VTK.

This is done in 2 steps

1. Creating the PCD file by getting data from the Arduino

2. Visualize the PCD file

## Prerequisites

This project uses Python 3.x, pip and Arduino IDE.

* [Arduino IDE] (https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Linux) - Instruction to install arduino ide in linux

Installing python and pip

### Debain based systems

```

apt install python3 python3-pip

```

### Arch based systems

```

pacman -S python python-pip

```

### SUSE Linux based systems

```

zypper install python3 python3-pip

```

## Installing

External packages used in the python program are: `Numpy`,`VTK`,`PySerial`

These can be installed manually or by using the included requirments.txt in the root of this project 

### Debain based systems

```

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

```

### Arch based systems

```

pip install -r requirements.txt

```

### SUSE Linux based systems

```

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

```

## How to run this project?

### Arduino code

The arduino code is located in the `./SweepBoth` folder. Flash `SweepBoth.ino` located in that file to the Arduino

### Gnerating the PCD 

Connect your arduino and then run the following command

```

python findpoints.py

```

### Visualize the PCD file

Run the following command after the pcd file has been generated

```

python pointscloud.py points.pcd

```

## Presentation and Report

The report and presentation are created using latex these are located in 

```./presentation``` and ```./report```