It contains the library as well as some demo applications. If you have Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 installed, just open workspaces/vc14/sdk_and_demo.sln, and compile.
If you have Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 installed, just open workspaces/vc10/sdk_and_demo.sln, and compile. RPLIDAR SDK supports Windows, macOS and Linux by using Visual Studio 20 projects and Makefile.
The demo applications are licensed under GPLv3 license. The SDK itself is licensed under BSD 2-clause license. If you are just evaluating RPLIDAR, you can use Slamtec RoboStudio( ) (currently only support Windows and Android) to do the evaulation. If you are using ROS (Robot Operating System), please use our open-source ROS node directly. This is the public SDK of RPLIDAR products in C++, and open-sourced under GPLv3 license. Slamtec RPLIDAR( ) series is a set of high-performance and low-cost LIDAR( ) sensors, which is the perfect sensor of 2D SLAM, 3D reconstruction, multi-touch, and safety applications. Slamtec RPLIDAR Public SDK for C++ Introduction
