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hokuyo node bandwitdh [closed]

asked 2012-11-22 21:37:52 -0500

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Hi all.

I wish to have some comments from Hokuyo users.

I intend to have 5 bots, each with a laser, sharing data over an 802.11g link. I think the laser should sample at 10Hz at least.

Since data processing would not be done on the robot itself, how much bandwidth are we talking here?

Will the wifi link be able to cope?

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Closed for the following reason the question is answered, right answer was accepted by Claudio
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Please read the support guidelines. Always tag your questions appropriately.

Lorenz gravatar image Lorenz  ( 2012-11-22 22:53:32 -0500 )edit

Thank you for the headsup, I added some tags.

Claudio gravatar image Claudio  ( 2012-11-26 02:13:39 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-11-22 22:59:30 -0500

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If I remember correctly, the Hokuyo laser publishes between 700 and 800 range and intensity measurements of type float32 which corresponds to a little less than 6.5kb per scan. With a rate of 10Hz, that means that the overall data published by the laser will be less than 65kb/s which is not too much. I think, given your wifi link is stable and you do not have too many wifi devices and other networks around, you should not have too many problems.

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Thank you, very exhaustive.

Claudio gravatar image Claudio  ( 2012-11-26 01:59:40 -0500 )edit

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