Hack the RPLiDAR-A1 Laser Scanner
Hacking the RPLiDAR A1 is very similar with the Hacking of Neato XV-11 Laser Scanner:
http://wiki.ros.org/xv_11_laser_driver/Tutorials/Connecting%20the%20XV-11%20Laser%20to%20USB
They all use UART-TTL as the data transmission protocal. So we need to find out the TX and RX wire for the scanner to communicate with the UART-USB converter.
Below is the picture of the RP-LiDAR A1:
It consists of a driving motor, a laser scanner, a circuit board and a converting board.