System Plus Consulting proposes an analysis of the pulsed laser and the photodiode in the Horizon LiDAR from Livox: a Chinese company that sells a LiDAR system for automotive ADAS. " LiDARS are manufactured around four main components: the pulsed laser diode, avalanche photodiodes, opto-mechanical system (to scan the environment in front of the car), and the processor. SystemPlus Consulting publishes a reverse engineering of Hamamatsu edge-emitting laser diode and a photodiode inside Livox Horizon LiDAR: The public health crisis exacerbates the reality that the arrival of commercial AVs is no longer as imminent as once predicted." Most industry analysts agree that many of the 70-plus lidar startups that have sprung up in the past several years are unlikely to survive in the Covid-19 economy. Even Mobileye, an Intel company, is crafting its own lidar tech, Amnon Shashua, Mobileye’s CEO acknowledged, in a recent interview with EE Times. Leading AV companies - Waymo, GM Cruise and Argo AI - have either already acquired lidar technology companies or have developed lidars internally. Waymo also claims that its lidars suffer little interference regardless of proximity they are able to detect and avoid objects at very close range. This translates into fewer sensors for AVs to see more area. Waymo is promising that its perimeter lidars, placed at four points around a vehicle, offer “an unparalleled field of view including up to 95 ° vertical field of view, and up to 360 ° horizontal field of view.” " It’s been well over 16 months since Waymo announced a plan to license its lidar, called Laser Bear Honeycomb, to non-automotive companies. EETimes publishes an article about Waymo Laser Bear Honeycomb LiDAR:
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