Monash-Connected-Autonomous-Vehicle / autoware

Autoware - the world's leading open-source software project for autonomous driving
https://www.autoware.org/
Apache License 2.0
1 stars 0 forks source link

(Twizy) Research Hardware replacement #58

Open dtonda8 opened 2 weeks ago

dtonda8 commented 2 weeks ago

I am not exactly sure of our budget (yet), but I'd aim for no more than $1500 for now.

Alienware Laptop

Drive PX 2

Or, scale horizontally (keep our setup and add more hardware):

dtonda8 commented 2 weeks ago

Hi all! Add your name to the tasks you want to do (edit the post above then add (<your-name>) beside any task - [ ]). This should be chill, we should aim to finish this research within the next 7 days and add any useful things to this GitHub issue.

amrsnch commented 2 weeks ago

Yo, I was wondering if we can go with a refurbished machine to save some money. Also, considering that it's going to be stored in the back of the Twizy and not used directly, it kind of makes sense. However, it also depends on the budget we have to spend, lol. If we can afford a new machine, we can go with that as well. A PC is also under consideration.

amrsnch commented 2 weeks ago

Also, I've got a recommendation regarding Raspberry alternatives. You can check them out here: https://www.khadas.com/vim4

dtonda8 commented 2 weeks ago

Yo, I was wondering if we can go with a refurbished machine to save some money. Also, considering that it's going to be stored in the back of the Twizy and not used directly, it kind of makes sense.

Yep, definitely. It could even have a broken screen since it would still be usable via Anydesk or ssh

However, it also depends on the budget we have to spend, lol. If we can afford a new machine, we can go with that as well. A PC is also under consideration.

Pros of PC: cheap and easier to upgrade. Cons: constant battery consumption and size.

Also, I've got a recommendation regarding Raspberry alternatives. You can check them out here: https://www.khadas.com/vim4

This seems pretty interesting. We could have one these to solely manage the lidar or cameras. I'll think about this for a bit. Good find!

dtonda8 commented 2 weeks ago

The fyp teams have several Raspberry Pis IMG_0829 IMG_0828

And there is a 16GB RAM laptop with Ubuntu, now in G03 IMG_0830

dtonda8 commented 4 days ago

Fixed issue on why we couldn't ping the PX 2 from the new Dell Latitude laptop:

I'll leave it to one of you guys to try running sensors from this laptop. I'll hold off from buying a new computer.

Edit: I'll set up anydesk now and keep the laptop on if you wanna install some things. Also VPN is set up. I add the credentials on this page.