CHANGELOG

2024-02-08

Add lidar.bins parameter to set a fixed scan bin size for improved compatibility with the SLAM Toolbox package
Add parameter comm.timeout_msec
Change lidar.rot_verse parameter from integer to string
Change lidar.units parameter from integer to string
Add new ldlidar_slam.launch.py launch file as a demo for SLAM Toolbox integration
Add new slam_toolbox.yaml parameter file for SLAM Toolbox
Add parameters lidar.range_min and lidar.range_max
Add parameters lidar.enable_angle_crop,lidar.angle_crop_min, and lidar.angle_crop_max

2024-02-03

Add support for QoS override parameters -> https://design.ros2.org/articles/qos_configurability.html#adding-a-new-mechanism-vs-using-parameters

2022-11-27

Add direct serial port connection feature

v0.2.0 - Humble

Change license from MIT to Apache-2.0
Code refactoring to meet ROS2 rules
Add CONTRIBUTING.md
Add udev rules and install scripts
Fix issue with Rviz2 config files
Fix nav2_lifecycle_manager interaction in ROS2 Humble
- Derive ldlidar::LdLidarComponent from nav2_util::LifecycleNode instead of rclcpp::LifecycleNode
Improve parameter handling
Set default QoS to rclcpp::SensorDataQoS

v0.1.0

ROS2 Foxy and Ubuntu 20.04
First working version of the node based on ROS2 lifecycle architecture
Python launch scripts
Parameters customization
Examples