Arduino: interface between Arduino and Linux

SOAR-UWU / UWU-Blobfish

General repo for Underwater Unit 2024

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Arduino: interface between Arduino and Linux #2

Closed CyonixC closed 6 months ago

CyonixC commented 8 months ago

ROS2 does not have enough support for connecting the Arduino Nano to the ROS network, as the supported library requires more RAM than the Nano has.

Because of this, we need to find / create a library which allows us to send instructions to our Nano from Linux. This will be over Serial / USB connection.

CyonixC commented 8 months ago

Things to take note of:

Reliability: The connection may not be reliable (i.e. there may be packet drops or bit errors), so some testing is needed on this.
Speed: It will be harder to test the speed before setting up the whole system, but keep in mind this is an important aspect.

CyonixC commented 8 months ago

Check if 2-way communication is available as well, as depth sensor is probably going to be connected to the Nano