Product overview
The ERDI Laser LR1000E2 is a laser rangefinder module for UAV laser-altimeter integration with Pixhawk and ArduPilot. It measures over a standard range of 4–1,000 m, with actual reach dependent on the target and environment; grass and dark soil produce weaker returns. Its laser operates at 905 ± 5 nm with a Class 1 safety classification. The module is assembled, aligned, calibrated and accepted in-house in Chengdu.
Powered by 3.3–5 V, the LR1000E2 communicates through UART-TTL at 115200 bps, streaming 8 B / 2 B frames with distances in metres. Connection to a Pixhawk TELEM port pairs module TX with TELEM RX, module RX with TELEM TX, and ground with ground. An ERDI serial driver has been submitted to ArduPilot; until it ships in a release, a Lua script provides frame parsing and feeds the rangefinder backend.
