{"id":19011,"date":"2018-07-06T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19011"},"modified":"2018-07-06T12:42:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T11:42:28","slug":"this-diy-parking-assistant-uses-lidar-an-led-matrix-and-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19011","title":{"rendered":"This DIY parking assistant uses Lidar, an LED matrix and a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/parking.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19012\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/parking.jpg?resize=560%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/parking.jpg?w=684&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/parking.jpg?resize=293%2C300&amp;ssl=1 293w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/parking.jpg?resize=560%2C573&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/parking.jpg?resize=260%2C266&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/parking.jpg?resize=160%2C164&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maker Medinc has taken a Raspberry Pi, a couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/microed.co\/tinylidar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiny Lidar sensors<\/a>\u00a0and a 32&#215;32 LED matrix and created a practical parking assistant. The two sensors are attached to the car at the back and side and then wired through the car to a Raspberry Pi. The Pi is then used to process distance readings and display the assistant&#8217;s user interface on the LED matrix.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 32&#215;32 LED display will assist you by showing arrows to move forward, left or right and a count down display with colored corners to indicate how far you still have to drive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can see a demo of the system below and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Pi-Based-Parking-Assist-System\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read how he did it on Instructables<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"tinyLiDAR DIY ParkingAssist\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ZWqpw4fvT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maker Medinc has taken a Raspberry Pi, a couple of Tiny Lidar sensors\u00a0and a 32&#215;32 LED matrix and created a practical parking assistant. 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