This is a tentative of a ROS package to handle the HPS-3D Lidar. It is based on the messy code and document given by Seedstudio and also this repository https://github.com/ropod-project/hps_camera (which kind of works but only in single shot mode)
You need to copy the proprietary driver library (in lib) to /usr/local/lib (don't forget to sudo ldconfig) There is a 32bit and a 64bit version.