PiCar Documentation

PiCar

A multi-purpose, robotic, lab-scale, open-source, wheeled, autonomous research platform created at Washington University in St. Louis

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• Getting Started
• Tutorials
  • Raspberry Pi Basics
    • What is a Raspberry Pi?
    • Setting up a Raspberry Pi with SSH
    • Desktop Interface
    • Password-less SSH
    • Resources
  • Arduino Basics
    • What is an Arduino?
    • Getting Started
    • Todo
    • Resources
  • GitHub Basics
    • What is GitHub?
    • Getting Started
    • Syncing a Fork
    • Resources
  • Linux Basics
    • What is Linux?
    • Getting started
    • Resources
  • Python Basics
    • What is Python?
    • Installation
    • HelloWorld with Python
    • Installing Python Modules
    • Useful Modules
    • Resources
  • Read the Docs Basics
    • What is Read the Docs?
    • How to update the Docs?
    • Resources
• Usage
  • Mechanical
    • Design
    • Assembly
  • Electronics
    • Raspberry Pi Pinout
    • Overall Circuitry
    • Pi and Arduino Communication
    • PI and TFMini Lidar Communication
    • Pi Camera Usage
    • PI and IMU communication
    • Installing ROS on Raspbian
  • Software
    • Socket File Transfer
    • Sensors (Lidar, IMU)
    • Camera data by rapid capturing
    • Sensors & Camera concurrent reading using Timers
    • Data Logging
    • Data Analysis
  • Datasheet
    • RaspberryPi
  • The Picar Module
• Results
  • IMU Autonomous Navigation
    • Proposal
    • Authors
    • Links
  • Power Management
    • Proposal
    • Authors
    • Links
  • Object Tracking in Low-Power Autonomous Systems
    • Proposal
    • Authors
    • Links
  • PiCar Mobile Movement Control
    • Proposal
    • Authors
    • Links
  • LIDAR Obstacle Avoidance
    • Proposal
    • Authors
    • Links
• Changelogs
• Contributors