Open 5yler opened 7 years ago
There's a sensor_msgs/BatteryState
message which is a bit more complicated than we need:
# Constants are chosen to match the enums in the linux kernel
# defined in include/linux/power_supply.h as of version 3.7
# The one difference is for style reasons the constants are
# all uppercase not mixed case.
# Power supply status constants
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_UNKNOWN = 0
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_CHARGING = 1
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING = 2
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING = 3
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_FULL = 4
# Power supply health constants
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_UNKNOWN = 0
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_GOOD = 1
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_OVERHEAT = 2
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_DEAD = 3
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_OVERVOLTAGE = 4
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_UNSPEC_FAILURE = 5
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_COLD = 6
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_WATCHDOG_TIMER_EXPIRE = 7
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_SAFETY_TIMER_EXPIRE = 8
# Power supply technology (chemistry) constants
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY_UNKNOWN = 0
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY_NIMH = 1
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY_LION = 2
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY_LIPO = 3
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY_LIFE = 4
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY_NICD = 5
uint8 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY_LIMN = 6
Header header
float32 voltage # Voltage in Volts (Mandatory)
float32 current # Negative when discharging (A) (If unmeasured NaN)
float32 charge # Current charge in Ah (If unmeasured NaN)
float32 capacity # Capacity in Ah (last full capacity) (If unmeasured NaN)
float32 design_capacity # Capacity in Ah (design capacity) (If unmeasured NaN)
float32 percentage # Charge percentage on 0 to 1 range (If unmeasured NaN)
uint8 power_supply_status # The charging status as reported. Values defined above
uint8 power_supply_health # The battery health metric. Values defined above
uint8 power_supply_technology # The battery chemistry. Values defined above
bool present # True if the battery is present
float32[] cell_voltage # An array of individual cell voltages for each cell in the pack
# If individual voltages unknown but number of cells known set each to NaN
string location # The location into which the battery is inserted. (slot number or plug)
string serial_number # The best approximation of the battery serial number
We should probably just publish a single floating point value from the Arduino code to conserve bandwidth on our Arduino serial connection, and possibly republish later.
This is off by some amount but otherwise the readings seem reasonable... Needs calibration.
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