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doebrowsk / tank-chair

A repository for senior project work for the smart wheelchair and Air Force sentry.
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ROS Indigo Migration #2

Closed doebrowsk closed 9 years ago

doebrowsk commented 9 years ago

Ros Indigo needs to be installed on the Jinx computer (currently running Hydra), with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS present. This will provide the same environment that is normally developed in.

If we will need hardware changes, they should be documented here. Any other anomalies should also be documented.

doebrowsk commented 9 years ago

I'm taking point on this one.

doebrowsk commented 9 years ago

The computer requires a 24 V DC input to power on, so we will need to find a workaround to allow booting the computer fully.

The SSD inside could be accessed directly but we should make sure the whole system runs with the ROS installation.

doebrowsk commented 9 years ago

Got the power supply working in the lab to produce 24V for our computer. Now need to reinstall Linux as the Kernel is failing on loading from GRUB.

doebrowsk commented 9 years ago

Ubuntu 14.04.03 LTS is installed, with a ROS workspace environment also on the machine. The workspace has been included in the code section of this repository.

doebrowsk commented 9 years ago

To power the computer, one of the newer DC Power supplies from the upstairs Glennan 312 lab needs to be used, with a parallel input wired set at 24V and unlimited current (so it can draw as much current as it needs, about 4.5 Amps peak).

Computer still needs to be tested with the batteries powering it, but this issue is complete.