{"id":3265,"date":"2011-12-01T01:10:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T08:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/?p=3265"},"modified":"2014-08-28T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T08:26:13","slug":"diy-low-cost-3d-laser-scanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/01\/diy-low-cost-3d-laser-scanner\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Low-cost 3D Laser Scanner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/final_effect.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"final_effect\" alt=\"final_effect\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/final_effect_thumb.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"340\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A Chinese maker named Shikai Chen skillfully designed and built this working 3D laser scanner with a common USB VGA camera, a laser emitter, a piece of filter and a steering motor. Chen spent almost 2 months to build this prototype, but the whole project only cost \uffe5150 (nearly $24), much cheaper than a commercial product. Here\u2019re some parameters,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Scan ranger: 0 ~ 180 degree, 0 ~ 6m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Scan accuracy: 5mm ~ 80mm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Scan speed: 30 samples\/sec<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The performance is pretty amazing! Here\u2019s a link to a video demo of how it works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLZ-s9KRzG8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If you want to know more details about this project, here\u2019s a complete introduction and development file, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csksoft.net\/blog\/post\/lowcost_3d_laser_ranger_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csksoft.net\/blog\/post\/lowcost_3d_laser_ranger_2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2<\/a><\/span> (sorry, the files currently only available in Chinese). 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