ROS interface for PX4Flow board

The PX4Flow smart camera board will be released in a few weeks (designed by ETH, manufactured by 3D Robotics). There will be a ROS library to drive it, along with the PX4 libraries, Lionel Heng from the ETH Computer Vision and Geometry site announced on the ROS news site:

I would like to submit a new repository for indexing: https://github.com/cvg/px-ros-pkg

This repository currently contains a ROS package for interfacing to the soon-to-be-released PX4Flow optical flow board (coming soon from 3D Robotics). We have plans to add a ROS interface to the PX4FMU autopilot, and software for MAV autonomy as showcased in our recent IROS paper (http://www.cvg.ethz.ch/MAV ) in the coming weeks ahead.

Best Regards, Lionel Heng

http://www.ros.org/news/2012/10/from-lionel-heng-of-the.html

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Todd Hill October 16, 2012 at 5:02pm

I really don't see this being used on the current APM. Maybe the next version, but wouldn't be the first time I was wrong. Hopefully I am:)
Greg Fletcher October 16, 2012 at 4:29pm

Of course this board will work with an APM. Someone just needs to write the firmware. It is a stand alone board that can link to another board like APM. Everything is totally open source, so I think firmware will show up pretty quick. Or you could DIY.
Todd Hill October 16, 2012 at 4:00pm

Pretty sure it won't. The Flow board has a Cortex M4F CPU on it. I think there would be major compatibility issues with the current APM.
wraith October 16, 2012 at 3:55pm

hi will this flowboard work with the apm
Todd Hill October 16, 2012 at 3:02pm

Where is the firmware currently at for the PX4 multicopter (pre-alpha, alpha, beta, etc.)?
Martijn van Gene October 16, 2012 at 10:20am

Wow! I think I know what I need for Christmas :)
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Gary Mortimer October 16, 2012 at 6:47am

I can see clearly now, exciting times ahead!

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