sl-jetson 8e03a209be feat: ROS2 sensor health monitor (Issue #566)
Add sensor_health_node to saltybot_health_monitor package. Monitors 8
sensor topics for staleness, publishing DiagnosticArray on
/saltybot/diagnostics and MQTT JSON on saltybot/health.

Sensors monitored (configurable thresholds):
  /camera/color/image_raw, /camera/depth/image_rect_raw,
  /camera/color/camera_info, /scan, /imu/data,
  /saltybot/uwb/range, /saltybot/battery, /saltybot/motor_daemon/status

Each sensor: OK/WARN/ERROR based on topic age vs warn_s/error_s thresholds.
Critical sensors (camera, lidar, imu, motor_daemon) escalate overall status.

Files added:
  sensor_health_node.py — SensorWatcher + SensorHealthNode
  config/sensor_health_params.yaml — per-sensor thresholds
  launch/sensor_health.launch.py
  test/test_sensor_health.py — 35 tests, all passing

setup.py/package.xml updated: sensor_msgs, diagnostic_msgs deps + new entry point.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-14 11:47:01 -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.