Hey guys, I am new here so I apologize if this topic has recently been discussed. I did search, but only found older discussions on this topic.
Does ArduPilot provide any method for configuring a GPS PPS signal output? I will be mapping with a LiDAR scanner, and need to synchronize the LiDAR module with GPS UTC time. I have done some reading, and it appears that this is not a feature in ArduPilot. Are there plans for this to be added in future releases? Maybe I should work on adding this to the firmware code myself?
PPS would be really great if you are interested to develop support. It’s lightweight and could connect multiple devices (such as GPS, LiDAR, Companion computer, flight controller)
This isn’t ArduCopter related specifically. But if others come here looking for info on a PPS signal, I was able to get one working using the Here4 PPS Output.
Some info is documented here:
I’ll probably hop on and add a comment there as well with the other details I put together.