libcaer_driver
- Software
- Perception
- Driver or SDK
A ROS 2 driver that streams events and frames from Inilabs event-based cameras such as Davis and DvXplorer, using the libcaer library. It is an unofficial successor to the ROS 1 driver.
Made by ROS event camera support.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-event-camera/libcaer_driver (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit a5ea017 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit a5ea017 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Supports Davis 346, Davis 240C, DvXplorer and DvXplorer Micro cameras, tested by the author.
- Offers compressed (libcaer_cmp, default) or uncompressed event encoding, configurable through parameters.
- Provides auto exposure for APS frames, with adjustable illumination target and hysteresis.
- Supports synchronized operation of two cameras via a master/slave sync cable.
- Includes launch files for recording events with ROS 2 composable nodes, on Humble and on Jazzy and newer.
- Timestamps for IMU, image and event messages are documented against a sensor clock and host clock.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit a5ea017.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- Event cameras from Inilabs (Davis 346, Davis 240C, DvXplorer, DvXplorer Micro).
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 16 Jun 2026 on master
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
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