sl-webui 82b8f40b39 feat: Replace GNOME with Cage + Chromium kiosk (Issue #374)
Lightweight fullscreen kiosk for MageDok 7" display:

**Architecture:**
- Cage: Minimal Wayland compositor (replaces GNOME)
- Chromium: Fullscreen kiosk browser for SaltyFace web UI
- PulseAudio: HDMI audio routing (from Issue #369)
- Touch: HID input from MageDok USB device

**Memory Savings:**
- GNOME desktop: ~650MB RAM
- Cage + Chromium: ~200MB RAM
- Net gain: ~450MB for ROS2 workloads

**Files:**
- config/cage-magedok.ini — Cage display settings (1024×600@60Hz)
- config/wayland-magedok.conf — Wayland output configuration
- scripts/chromium_kiosk.sh — Cage + Chromium launcher
- systemd/chromium-kiosk.service — Auto-start systemd service
- launch/cage_display.launch.py — ROS2 launch configuration
- docs/CAGE_CHROMIUM_KIOSK.md — Complete setup & troubleshooting guide

**Next:** Issue #370 (Salty Face as web app in Chromium kiosk)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-03 16:41:00 -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.