Projects

LiDAR sensor for Autonomous Driving

During an eight-month internship at Bosch in Germany (2017–2018), I worked on an experimental LiDAR sensor for autonomous driving.

Tom wearing laser safety goggles beside a monitor showing the LiDAR point cloud. — With the LiDAR point-cloud display at Bosch, April 2018.

Tom beside the assembled LiDAR prototype, electronics and optical components on the laboratory bench. — The assembled LiDAR prototype in the laboratory.

LiDAR test-setup diagram showing the laser driver, beam collimation, micromirror, sending and receiving optics, detector and FPGA. — Optical and electronic layout of the LiDAR test setup.

CAD rendering of the LiDAR prototype with optical components, circuit boards, power supply and mounting plates. — CAD model of the LiDAR prototype.

Technical skills

Operating principles for FPGAs
Version-control systems (turtle/git)
Optics specification and calibration
Linux OS basics (bash, scripting)
CAD modelling and specification-generation (NX)
The hardware language VHDL
Real-world applications of electric circuitry

My supervisor, Dr Jochen Schwarz, praised my initiative, persistence in solving problems, and growing knowledge of optics, electronics and software.