Samples

Table of Contents

• Introductory Samples
• Sensor Abstraction Layer Samples
  • Camera Samples
  • Other Sensor Samples
• Vehicle and Motion Actuation Samples
• Image Processing Samples
• Point Cloud Processing Samples
• Deep Neural Network (DNN) Framework Samples
• Calibration Samples
• Communication Samples
• Utility Samples
• Application Samples

The NVIDIA? DriveWorks SDK includes samples that you can use as a starting point for developing, porting, and optimizing your applications. These samples are provided as source code that you can modify to meet specific use cases, such as the use of third-party sensors, custom rendering steps, etc.

You can use the as-delivered sample applications without compiling or loading them. If you installed the DriveWorks SDK on the target, those sample applications are ready to execute. If you need to build the samples from source, please refer to Getting Started With the NVIDIA DriveWorks SDK.

The samples use included data files by default if no other file is specified at execution. These data files are short in length, and the default samples are not to be considered as thorough demonstrations.

Precompiled samples can be found under

/usr/local/driveworks/bin

Source code can be found under

/usr/local/driveworks/samples/src

Note

If you experience a permissions error when entering the command to run a sample, re-enter the command preceded with sudo. This generally happens when the sample tries to write an output file under /usr/local.

In addition to the parameters described in each sample's documentation, the following options are also available:

--offscreen=[0|1]
        Allows to disable rendering.
        Default value: 0
 
--profiling=[0|1]
        When set to 1, enables sample profiling.
        Otherwise, profiling is disabled.
        Default value: 1

Introductory Samples

Sample	Description
Hello World Sample	Initializes the DriveWorks SDK context and accesses GPU properties.

Sensor Abstraction Layer Samples

Camera Samples

Sample	Description
Camera Sample	Displays and records a video setup utilizing the SIPL framework with custom cameras.
Camera Extra Sample	Extension of Camera Sample. Demonstrates use of NvSci buffers and synchronization primitives.
Camera Replay Sample	Uses a hardware decoder to playback and display an H.264 video stream.
Camera Seek Sample	Demonstrates how to replay a video and seek to any point in the video.
USB Camera Capture Sample	Displays videos captured from generic USB cameras.

Other Sensor Samples

Sample	Description
CAN Message Interpreter Sample	Uses a DBC interpreter to decode and display CAN messages.
CAN Message Logger Sample	Displays messages from the CAN bus.
CAN Plugin Sample	Implements a driver for a CAN-based CAN sensor.
Data Sensor Sample	Reads time/socket data, printing timestamps and sizes for retrieved packets.
GPS Location Logger Sample	Displays messages from GPS devices.
GPS Plugin Sample	Implements a driver for a CAN-based GPS sensor.
IMU Logger Sample	Displays messages from IMU sensor.
IMU Plugin Sample	Implements a driver for a CAN-based IMU sensor.
Lidar Plugin Sample	Implements a driver for a UDP/TCP based LIDAR sensor.
Lidar Replay Sample	Displays the 3D point cloud from the LIDAR.
Radar Plugin Sample	Implements a driver for a UDP/TCP based RADAR sensor.
Radar Replay Sample	Connects to a Radar and displays the generated 3D point cloud.
Sensor Enumeration Sample	Enumerates all available sensors drivers in the SDK.
Simple Sensor Recording Sample	Records data from CAN, GPS, LIDAR, or RADAR sensors.
Time Sensor Sample	Performs time synchronization on LIDAR data.

Vehicle and Motion Actuation Samples

Sample	Description
Dataspeed Bridge Sample	Demonstrates how to convert CAN signals sent and received from a dataspeed drive-by-wire system, to a generic NVIDIA-defined CAN bus format.
Egomotion Sample	Uses steering angle and velocity CAN measurements to compute the position of the car in the world coordinate system.
Rig Configuration Sample	Reads the rig configuration from the XML file produced by the Calibrated Graph to Rig File Tool.
VehicleIO Sample	Controls the vehicle (steering/throttle/brakes) and reads the vehicle's state.
VehicleIO Plugin Sample	Demonstrates how to write a fully customized drive-by-wire abstraction.

Image Processing Samples

Sample	Description
Camera Color Correction Sample	Demonstrates H.264 video playback with color correction.
Connected Components Sample	Demonstrates the connected components labeling algorithm.
Feature Tracker Sample	Demonstrates feature detection and feature tracking capabilities using the Feature Tracker module.
Image Capture Sample	Demonstrates how to record a video from a CUDA? image or a rendering video.
Image Pyramid PVA Sample	Demonstrates the image pyramid creation pipeline on Programmable Vision Accelerator (PVA) hardware units.
Image Transformation Sample	Demonstrates basic image processing functionalities.
dwx_feature_descriptor_sample	Demonstrates the ORB feature detection and descriptor computation capabilities using the FAST9 detector and ORB descriptor algorithms.
Simple Image Streamer Sample	Demonstrates how to use an image streamer in a simple environment.
Stereo Disparity Sample	Demonstrates the stereo pipeline, and how to produce a confidence map and final stereo output.
Structure from Motion (SFM) Sample	Demonstrates triangulation by estimating a car pose from CAN data using the Egomotion module.
Template Tracker Sample	Demonstrates template tracking capabilities using the Tracking module.
Video Rectification Sample	Removes fisheye distortion from a video captured on a camera with a fisheye lens using the DriveWorks SDK CUDA implementation.
Video Rectification with LDC Sample	Removes fisheye distortion from a video captured on a camera with a fisheye lens using NvMedia LDC.

Point Cloud Processing Samples

Sample	Description
ICP (Iterative Closest Points) Sample	Displays a composite image of sequential ICP transforms derived from LIDAR data.
Point Cloud Processing Sample	Demonstrates how to use point cloud processing APIs for primitive processing.

Deep Neural Network (DNN) Framework Samples

Sample	Description
Basic Object Detector and Tracker Sample	Demonstrates object detection and tracking for each frame in a video stream.
Basic Object Detector Using DNN Tensor Sample	Demonstrates object detection using NVIDIA TensorRT?.
DNN Plugin Sample	Demonstrates DNN inference to classify a hand-written digit, using an MNIST model with a custom layer implemented as a plugin.

Calibration Samples

Sample	Description
Camera Calibration Sample	Demonstrates the ability to estimate camera extrinsics using the DriveWorks SDK Calibration Engine.
IMU Calibration Sample	Demonstrates the ability to estimate IMU extrinsics using the DriveWorks SDK Calibration Engine.
Lidar Calibration Sample	Demonstrates the ability to estimate LIDAR extrinsics using the DriveWorks SDK Calibration Engine.
Radar Calibration Sample	Demonstrates the ability to estimate RADAR extrinsics using the DriveWorks SDK Calibration Engine.
Stereo Calibration Sample	Demonstrates the ability to estimate stereo extrinsics using the DriveWorks SDK Calibration Engine.

Communication Samples

Sample	Description
Inter-process Communication (IPC) Sample	Demonstrates simple IPC functionalities using network sockets.

Utility Samples

Sample	Description
Rendering Sample	Demonstrates rendering helpers which help render text, points, lines, triangles, and textures in 2D and 3D for debug visualization.
Rendering Engine Sample	Demonstrates how to draw points, lines, triangles, ellipses, boxes, arrows, plots, grids, and images in 2D and 3D.

Application Samples

Sample	Description
Mini Pipeline Sample	A minimal autonomous vehicle application sample.

Note

For detailed instructions on building the samples from source, please refer to Getting Started With the NVIDIA DriveWorks SDK.