The Ouster Sensor SDK provides developers interfaces for interacting with sensor hardware and recorded sensor data suitable for prototyping, evaluation, and other non-safety-critical applications in Python and C++. Example and reference code is provided for common operations on sensor data in both languages. The SDK includes APIs for:
- Querying and setting sensor configuration
- Recording and reading data in pcap format
- Recording and reading data in Open Sensor Format (OSF)
- Reading and buffering sensor UDP data streams reliably
- Conversion of raw data to range/signal/near_ir/reflectivity images (destaggering)
- Efficient projection of range measurements to Cartesian (x, y, z) coordinates
- Visualization of multi-beam flash lidar data
Additionally, in Python, the SDK also provides:
- Frame-based access to lidar data as numpy datatypes
- A responsive visualizer utility for pcap and sensor
Pre-built binaries are provided on PyPI for the following platforms:
- Most glibc-based Linux distributions on x86_64 and ARM64 platforms (
manylinux2010_x86_64,manylinux_2_28_aarch64) - macOS >= 10.15 on x86_64 platforms (
macosx_10_15_x86_64) - macOS >= 11.0 on Apple M1 for Python >= 3.8 (
macosx_11_0_arm64) - Windows 10 on x86_64 platforms (
win_amd64)
Building from source is supported on:
- Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and Debian 11 (x86-64, aarch64)
- macOS >= 11.0 (arm64, x86-64)
- Windows 10 (x86-64)
The Ouster SDK drops languages and platforms as they exit their standard support cycle. Please follow our Lifecycle Policy page to understand when support for a Python version, C++ compiler, Operating System, or Sensor FW may dropped from support.