Benewake TFmini Lidar

The Benewake TFmini LiDAR is a tiny, low cost, and low power LIDAR with 12m range.

PX4 supports all three variants in the series: TFmini-s, TFmini-i, TFmini Plus. These must be connected to a UART/serial bus.

TFmini LiDAR

Where to Buy

• TFmini-s

• TFmini-i (industrial)

• TFmini Plus

Hardware Setup

TFmini can be connected to any unused serial port (UART), such as: TELEM2, TELEM3, GPS2 etc.

Parameter Setup

Configure the serial port on which the lidar will run using SENS_TFMINI_CFG. There is no need to set the baud rate (this is hard coded in the sensor driver as only one rate is supported).

:::note If the configuration parameter is not available in QGroundControl then the tfmini driver may not be in firmware. For information on how to add it see:

• Serial port Configuration: Configuration Parameter Missing from QGroundControl

• PX4 Board Configuration (Kconfig). :::