> it would be neat to also have (e.g. open source or DIY electronics) projects which enabled use of lidar tech at home-user prices. I agree! I've heard of "che

> it would be neat to also have (e.g. open source or DIY electronics) projects which enabled use of lidar tech at home-user prices. I agree! I've heard of "cheap" lidar scanners (Intel Lidar Camera L515 for $375 apparently [1], or [2]) but the act of turning real time depth measurements from a UART output into a 3D model (or even just a coloured pointcloud) is no simple task! The Intel one does appear to have been discontinued: https://www.therobotreport.com/intel-issues-end-of-life-notice-realsense-lidar/ https://www.therobotreport.com/intel-issues-end-of-life-noti... Something that may scratch the itch though - I've thought it would be cool to build a bicycle mounted, microcontroller-controlled servo mount for an iPhone which moves it back and forth to increase the the width of scanned area (I assume a sine wave). [1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/liudco/where_to_get_cheap_but_effective_lidar_sensor/gn5andm/ https://old.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/liudco/where_to_g... [2]: https://www.leishenlidar.com/product/m10-low-cost-tof-lidar-scanner-outdoor/ https://www.leishenlidar.com/product/m10-low-cost-tof-lidar-...