sl-uwb 65e0009118 feat: ESP-NOW to ROS2 serial relay (Issue #618)
New ROS2 package saltybot_uwb_espnow_relay:
- packet.py: EspNowPacket dataclass + FrameReader stateful decoder
  - Parses 20-byte ESP-NOW packets: MAGIC, tag_id, msg_type, anchor_id,
    range_mm (int32 LE), rssi_dbm (float32), timestamp_ms, battery_pct,
    flags (bit0=estop), seq_num
  - Serial framing: STX(0x02) + LEN(0x14) + DATA[20] + XOR-CRC(1)
  - Sync recovery: re-hunts STX after bad LEN or CRC; byte-by-byte capable
- relay_node.py: /espnow_relay ROS2 node
  - Reads from USB serial in background thread (auto-reconnects on error)
  - MSG_RANGE (0x10): publishes UwbRange on /uwb/espnow/ranges
  - MSG_ESTOP (0x20): publishes std_msgs/Bool on /uwb/espnow/estop
    and /saltybot/estop (latched True for estop_latch_s after last packet)
  - MSG_HEARTBEAT (0x30): publishes EspNowHeartbeat on /uwb/espnow/heartbeat
  - Range validity gating: min_range_m / max_range_m params
- 16/16 unit tests passing (test/test_packet.py, no ROS2/hardware needed)

saltybot_uwb_msgs: add EspNowHeartbeat.msg
  (tag_id, battery_pct, seq_num, timestamp_ms + std_msgs/Header)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-15 10:08:19 -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.