sl-firmware 9683fd3685 feat: Add ROS2 system health monitor (Issue #408)
Implement centralized health monitoring node that:
- Subscribes to /saltybot/<node>/heartbeat from all tracked nodes
- Tracks expected nodes from YAML configuration
- Marks nodes DEAD if silent >5 seconds
- Triggers auto-restart via ros2 launch when nodes fail
- Publishes /saltybot/system_health JSON with full status
- Alerts face display on critical node failures

Features:
- Configurable heartbeat timeout (default 5s)
- Automatic dead node detection and restart
- System health JSON publishing (timestamp, uptime, node status, critical alerts)
- Face alert system for critical failures
- Rate-limited alerting to avoid spam
- Comprehensive monitoring config with critical/important node tiers

Package structure:
- saltybot_health_monitor: Main health monitoring node
- health_config.yaml: Configurable list of monitored nodes
- health_monitor.launch.py: Launch file with parameters
- Unit tests for heartbeat parsing and health status generation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-05 08:52:52 -05:00
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Jetson Nano — AI/SLAM Platform Setup

Self-balancing robot: Jetson Nano dev environment for ROS2 Humble + SLAM stack.

Stack

Component Version / Part
Platform Jetson Nano 4GB
JetPack 4.6 (L4T R32.6.1, CUDA 10.2)
ROS2 Humble Hawksbill
DDS CycloneDDS
SLAM slam_toolbox
Nav Nav2
Depth camera Intel RealSense D435i
LiDAR RPLIDAR A1M8
MCU bridge STM32F722 (USB CDC @ 921600)

Quick Start

# 1. Host setup (once, on fresh JetPack 4.6)
sudo bash scripts/setup-jetson.sh

# 2. Build Docker image
bash scripts/build-and-run.sh build

# 3. Start full stack
bash scripts/build-and-run.sh up

# 4. Open ROS2 shell
bash scripts/build-and-run.sh shell

Docs

Files

jetson/
├── Dockerfile              # L4T base + ROS2 Humble + SLAM packages
├── docker-compose.yml      # Multi-service stack (ROS2, RPLIDAR, D435i, STM32)
├── README.md               # This file
├── docs/
│   ├── pinout.md           # GPIO/I2C/UART pinout reference
│   └── power-budget.md     # Power budget analysis (10W envelope)
└── scripts/
    ├── entrypoint.sh       # Docker container entrypoint
    ├── setup-jetson.sh     # Host setup (udev, Docker, nvpmodel)
    └── build-and-run.sh    # Build/run helper

Power Budget (Summary)

Scenario Total
Idle 2.9W
Nominal (SLAM active) ~10.2W
Peak 15.4W

Target: 10W (MAXN nvpmodel). Use RPLIDAR standby + 640p D435i for compliance. See docs/power-budget.md for full analysis.