"Thanks Chris. I'll try it out. This helps a lot. Now, I don't have to keep rebooting my PC. I'm learning ROS myself, right now, so might use the my APM as the first try at making a first node."
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3D RoboticsChris Anderson commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration
"Ellison, I'm afraid you're mistaken. QGroundControl is native Linux."
Ellison Chan commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"Correct me if I'm wrong, but currently there is no ground station software that runs in Linux. So, before any ROS integration is going to be useful, I think we will need a Ground Station software that runs in Linux. Otherwise we'll…"
Ralph Castain commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"On the DIYDrone store, I followed the Arduino link because the docs all say things are based on Arduino, you need the Arduino IDE, etc. That link takes you to the Arduino Mega 2560 card - nice blue card, matching the color in the picture of the…"
3D RoboticsChris Anderson commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration
"Ralph: I'm confused. Can you tell me what path you took to buying the board? I can't find any description, including the product listing itself, that doesn't make it crystal clear that you need the APM board."
Ralph Castain commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"Chris: ouch, that was clear as mud. :-("
I Heart Robotics commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"Ralph, don't get discouraged, large chunks of the necessary code are already working and I'd be happy to help answer questions you might have. Though email is easier for me.
Most of what needs to be done is figuring out how all the…"
3D RoboticsChris Anderson commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration
"Ralph, APM doesn't support the regular Arduino Mega 2560 board. It uses the custom APM 2560 board. They're also sold as complete kit."
3D RoboticsChris Anderson commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration
"Ralph, MAVlink is handled by the APM libraries, GCS_MAVlink in particular."
Ralph Castain commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"I Heart Robotics: appreciate the links. I don't speak Windows, but I'll see what can be done with Mac and Linux. I'm a little leery of taking on a project of such broad scope as you describe, though - may be I should pass on this one,…"
Ralph Castain commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"Ken: no code posted yet. Need to get the board mismatch solved first, figure out where this MAVLink code sits (since I can't find anything obviously labeled that in APM).
Once I do get going, I'll post the link to the code."
Ralph Castain commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"Well, I've hit a snag - maybe one of you folks can help with a suggestion. I have my Mega 2560 board, and just received my "ArduPilotMega IMU Shield/OilPan Rev-H" - and the pins don't come close to matching. Board sizes are…"
ken commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"Very exciting. I look forward to seeing it evolve. Do you have current code posted anywhere?"
I Heart Robotics commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"I'm pretty busy at the moment so I am not sure how much code I can contribute. Also, I don't currently have an APM and I don't know what state the MAVLink interface is at. The APM MAVLink interface should be able to use most of the…"
Ralph Castain commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"Ralph: I can't speak to the ubuntu board - sounds like Garry is familiar with options.
I'm still puzzled why there isn't a uSD card socket on the system. A Class 10, 8GByte card would resolve most size issues and consume very…"
Ralph Castain commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration"I Heart Robotics: I've wandered thru those links before, plus some others that are relevant. I agree that ROS isn't really setup for UAVs, but the interface might provide access to some useful plug-ins.
My only real concern has been to…"
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ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 7:30am 28 Comments 0 Likes
Per a suggestion from Chris, I'm working on integrating APM with ROS so that APM looks like an ROS node. I'm a newbie with APM and Arduino, but experienced with robotics in general.I've done the basics, getting the various IDE's running and proving the concept of outputting APM sensor readings as ROS… Continue
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