Gary Servin / ros_lib_indigo

ROS Serial library for Mbed platforms for ROS Indigo Igloo. Check http://wiki.ros.org/rosserial_mbed/ for more information

Dependencies:   BufferedSerial

Dependents:   rosserial_mbed_hello_world_publisher rtos_base_control rosserial_mbed_F64MA ROS-RTOS ... more

ROSSerial_mbed for Indigo Distribution

The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a flexible framework for writing robot software. It is a collection of tools, libraries, and conventions that aim to simplify the task of creating complex and robust robot behavior across a wide variety of robotic platforms.

The rosserial_mbed package allows to write ROS nodes on any mbed enabled devices and have them connected to a running ROS system on your computer using the serial port.

Hello World (example publisher)

Import programrosserial_mbed_hello_world_publisher

rosserial_mbed Hello World

Last commit 19 Apr 2016 by Gary Servin

Running the Code

Now, launch the roscore in a new terminal window:

Quote:

$ roscore

Next, run the rosserial client application that forwards your MBED messages to the rest of ROS. Make sure to use the correct serial port:

Quote:

$ rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py /dev/ttyACM0

Finally, watch the greetings come in from your MBED by launching a new terminal window and entering :

Quote:

$ rostopic echo chatter

See Also

More examples

Blink

/*
 * rosserial Subscriber Example
 * Blinks an LED on callback
 */
#include "mbed.h"
#include <ros.h>
#include <std_msgs/Empty.h>

ros::NodeHandle nh;
DigitalOut myled(LED1);

void messageCb(const std_msgs::Empty& toggle_msg){
    myled = !myled;   // blink the led
}

ros::Subscriber<std_msgs::Empty> sub("toggle_led", &messageCb);

int main() {
    nh.initNode();
    nh.subscribe(sub);

    while (1) {
        nh.spinOnce();
        wait_ms(1);
    }
}

Push

/*
 * Button Example for Rosserial
 */

#include "mbed.h"
#include <ros.h>
#include <std_msgs/Bool.h>

PinName button = p20;

ros::NodeHandle nh;

std_msgs::Bool pushed_msg;
ros::Publisher pub_button("pushed", &pushed_msg);

DigitalIn button_pin(button);
DigitalOut led_pin(LED1);

bool last_reading;
long last_debounce_time=0;
long debounce_delay=50;
bool published = true;

Timer t;
int main() {
    t.start();
    nh.initNode();
    nh.advertise(pub_button);

    //Enable the pullup resistor on the button
    button_pin.mode(PullUp);

    //The button is a normally button
    last_reading = ! button_pin;

    while (1) {
        bool reading = ! button_pin;

        if (last_reading!= reading) {
            last_debounce_time = t.read_ms();
            published = false;
        }

        //if the button value has not changed for the debounce delay, we know its stable
        if ( !published && (t.read_ms() - last_debounce_time)  > debounce_delay) {
            led_pin = reading;
            pushed_msg.data = reading;
            pub_button.publish(&pushed_msg);
            published = true;
        }

        last_reading = reading;

        nh.spinOnce();
    }
}

Diff: control_msgs/PointHeadFeedback.h

Revision:
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/control_msgs/PointHeadFeedback.h	Thu Mar 31 14:22:59 2016 +0000
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+#ifndef _ROS_control_msgs_PointHeadFeedback_h
+#define _ROS_control_msgs_PointHeadFeedback_h
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "ros/msg.h"
+
+namespace control_msgs
+{
+
+  class PointHeadFeedback : public ros::Msg
+  {
+    public:
+      double pointing_angle_error;
+
+    PointHeadFeedback():
+      pointing_angle_error(0)
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual int serialize(unsigned char *outbuffer) const
+    {
+      int offset = 0;
+      union {
+        double real;
+        uint64_t base;
+      } u_pointing_angle_error;
+      u_pointing_angle_error.real = this->pointing_angle_error;
+      *(outbuffer + offset + 0) = (u_pointing_angle_error.base >> (8 * 0)) & 0xFF;
+      *(outbuffer + offset + 1) = (u_pointing_angle_error.base >> (8 * 1)) & 0xFF;
+      *(outbuffer + offset + 2) = (u_pointing_angle_error.base >> (8 * 2)) & 0xFF;
+      *(outbuffer + offset + 3) = (u_pointing_angle_error.base >> (8 * 3)) & 0xFF;
+      *(outbuffer + offset + 4) = (u_pointing_angle_error.base >> (8 * 4)) & 0xFF;
+      *(outbuffer + offset + 5) = (u_pointing_angle_error.base >> (8 * 5)) & 0xFF;
+      *(outbuffer + offset + 6) = (u_pointing_angle_error.base >> (8 * 6)) & 0xFF;
+      *(outbuffer + offset + 7) = (u_pointing_angle_error.base >> (8 * 7)) & 0xFF;
+      offset += sizeof(this->pointing_angle_error);
+      return offset;
+    }
+
+    virtual int deserialize(unsigned char *inbuffer)
+    {
+      int offset = 0;
+      union {
+        double real;
+        uint64_t base;
+      } u_pointing_angle_error;
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base = 0;
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base |= ((uint64_t) (*(inbuffer + offset + 0))) << (8 * 0);
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base |= ((uint64_t) (*(inbuffer + offset + 1))) << (8 * 1);
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base |= ((uint64_t) (*(inbuffer + offset + 2))) << (8 * 2);
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base |= ((uint64_t) (*(inbuffer + offset + 3))) << (8 * 3);
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base |= ((uint64_t) (*(inbuffer + offset + 4))) << (8 * 4);
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base |= ((uint64_t) (*(inbuffer + offset + 5))) << (8 * 5);
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base |= ((uint64_t) (*(inbuffer + offset + 6))) << (8 * 6);
+      u_pointing_angle_error.base |= ((uint64_t) (*(inbuffer + offset + 7))) << (8 * 7);
+      this->pointing_angle_error = u_pointing_angle_error.real;
+      offset += sizeof(this->pointing_angle_error);
+     return offset;
+    }
+
+    const char * getType(){ return "control_msgs/PointHeadFeedback"; };
+    const char * getMD5(){ return "cce80d27fd763682da8805a73316cab4"; };
+
+  };
+
+}
+#endif
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