sl-controls de9a835cc2 feat: SIM7600X 4G cellular + GPS driver (#58)
Adds saltybot_cellular ROS2 package for the Waveshare SIM7600X 4G HAT
(SIMCom SIM7600A-H) providing GPS telemetry, modem monitoring, and
MQTT relay over cellular for remote operation.

gps_driver_node:
  - Opens /dev/ttyUSB2 (NMEA), optionally sends AT+CGPS=1 on /dev/ttyUSB0
  - Parses GGA (position) + RMC (velocity) from any NMEA talker (GP/GN/GL/GA)
  - Validates NMEA checksum before parsing
  - Publishes /gps/fix (NavSatFix, covariance from HDOP × ±2.5m CEP)
  - Publishes /gps/vel (TwistStamped, ENU vE/vN from course-over-ground)
  - Publishes /diagnostics (fix quality, sat count, HDOP)

cellular_manager_node:
  - Polls AT+CSQ, AT+CREG?, AT+COPS? every 5s over /dev/ttyUSB0
  - Publishes /cellular/status (DiagnosticArray: rssi, network, connected)
  - Publishes /cellular/rssi (Int32, dBm) and /cellular/connected (Bool)
  - Auto-reconnect via nmcli or pppd when data link drops

mqtt_bridge_node:
  - paho-mqtt client (graceful degradation if not installed)
  - ROS2→MQTT QoS 0: /saltybot/imu, /gps/fix, /gps/vel, /uwb/ranges,
      /person/target, /cellular/status
  - MQTT→ROS2 QoS 1: saltybot/cmd→/saltybot/cmd, saltybot/estop→/saltybot/estop
  - Per-topic rate limiting (imu:5Hz, gps:1Hz, person:2Hz) → <<50KB/s budget
  - Optional TLS, configurable broker/port/prefix/auth

Deliverables:
  saltybot_cellular/gps_driver_node.py      — 402 lines
  saltybot_cellular/cellular_manager_node.py — 362 lines
  saltybot_cellular/mqtt_bridge_node.py      — 317 lines
  config/cellular_params.yaml               — full config documented
  launch/cellular.launch.py                 — all nodes, all params as args
  test/test_cellular.py                     — 60 pytest tests, no ROS2

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-01 00:42:18 -05:00

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Python

from setuptools import setup
package_name = "saltybot_cellular"
setup(
name=package_name,
version="0.1.0",
packages=[package_name],
data_files=[
("share/ament_index/resource_index/packages", [f"resource/{package_name}"]),
(f"share/{package_name}", ["package.xml"]),
(f"share/{package_name}/launch", ["launch/cellular.launch.py"]),
(f"share/{package_name}/config", ["config/cellular_params.yaml"]),
],
install_requires=["setuptools", "pyserial"],
zip_safe=True,
maintainer="sl-controls",
maintainer_email="sl-controls@saltylab.local",
description="SIM7600X 4G HAT driver: GPS NavSatFix + cellular modem + MQTT bridge",
license="MIT",
tests_require=["pytest"],
entry_points={
"console_scripts": [
# NMEA GPS → /gps/fix, /gps/vel
"gps_driver_node = saltybot_cellular.gps_driver_node:main",
# AT modem monitor → /cellular/status, /cellular/rssi, /cellular/connected
"cellular_manager_node = saltybot_cellular.cellular_manager_node:main",
# ROS2 ↔ MQTT telemetry relay
"mqtt_bridge_node = saltybot_cellular.mqtt_bridge_node:main",
],
},
)