We need to associate each LiDAR profile with an encoder position as products move along a conveyor. Is it better to trigger acquisition or stream continuously and align the data in software?
Conveyor profile inspection with an external trigger
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Priya | RoboticsRobotics Developer · Robotics Development Lab · 4 weeks agoContinuous streaming with timestamped encoder samples is flexible, but only if timing uncertainty is small enough for the required spatial accuracy. A hardware trigger can simplify alignment when supported, although it adds wiring and configuration dependencies.
Sarah | PerceptionPerception Engineer · Perception Engineering Group · 4 weeks agoCalculate the allowed time error from conveyor speed and maximum position error. That number should drive the architecture rather than selecting a trigger method by habit.
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