sl-webui 06db56103f feat: Enable VESC driver telemetry publishing (Issue #681)
vesc_driver_node.py:
- Add VescState dataclass with to_dict() serialization
- Add CAN_PACKET_STATUS/STATUS_4/STATUS_5 (9/16/27) RX constants
- Add FAULT_NAMES lookup (11 VESC FW 6.6 fault codes)
- Add background CAN RX thread (_rx_loop / _dispatch_frame) that
  parses STATUS broadcast frames using struct.unpack
- Add publishers for /saltybot/vesc/left and /saltybot/vesc/right
  (std_msgs/String JSON) at configurable telemetry_rate_hz (default 10 Hz)
- Combine watchdog + publish into single timer callback
- Proper thread cleanup in destroy_node()

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-17 22:49:06 -04:00
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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.