A Node module to communicate with the RPLidar over USB.
npm install git+https://git@github.com/eriknoorland/node-rplidar.git
const RPLidar = require('node-rplidar');
const lidar = RPLidar('/dev/ttyUSB0');
lidar.on('data', data => {
console.log(data);
});
lidar.init()
.then(lidar.scan);