Using 2 ESP32 Devkit's

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Using 2 ESP32 Devkit's

cantkntmr opened this issue 8 months ago · 13 comments

Hey everyone! I want to use two ESP32s for motor work because dealing with encoders is already challenging for a single ESP32. So, I plan to use one ESP32 solely for handling the encoders and the other ESP32 for the remaining tasks. Do you think this is possible? If so, how? Also, I am a newbie, so I might not understand what you guys mean immediately.

Answer 1 · 2024-05-24T02:46:54.000Z

ESP32 has hardware pulse counters for encoders. They can count up to MHz. There is no interrupt required. There is no problem to drive up to 4 motors with encoders. Please check my wiki at https://github.com/hippo5329/linorobot2_hardware/wiki .

Answer 2 · 2024-05-24T03:07:04.000Z

The problem with your wiki is, it is for Humble only. I am using Jetson Xavier NX DEV Kit as my robot computer. Nvidia does not provide any update for that kit. Thus, unfortunately I am not able use your wiki.

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On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:47 Thomas Chou ***@***.***> wrote: ESP32 has hardware pulse counters for encoders. They can count up to MHz. There is no interrupt required. There is no problem to drive up to 4 motors with encoders. Please check my wiki at https://github.com/hippo5329/linorobot2_hardware/wiki . — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#121 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APNMD6KQ3OF7NKYRVTJ7OUTZD2S3HAVCNFSM6AAAAABIBIOMDKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDCMRYGM4TKNBZGM> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 3 · 2024-05-24T03:15:54.000Z

Are you using ubuntu 20.04 and foxy?

Answer 4 · 2024-05-24T03:17:22.000Z

Yes, exactly.

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On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 06:16 Thomas Chou ***@***.***> wrote: Are you using ubuntu 20.04 and foxy? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#121 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APNMD6NPYATOGVP4YRJQXK3ZD2WH7AVCNFSM6AAAAABIBIOMDKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDCMRYGQZTKMBZGA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 5 · 2024-05-24T03:23:11.000Z

Ok. I will check pico with foxy and let you know.

Answer 6 · 2024-05-24T03:24:12.000Z

That would be great. Thanks!

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On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 06:23 Thomas Chou ***@***.***> wrote: Ok. I will check pico with foxy and let you know. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#121 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APNMD6MS4YNB72HTFOGU4HLZD2XDLAVCNFSM6AAAAABIBIOMDKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDCMRYGQ2DANJSGE> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 7 · 2024-05-24T04:29:42.000Z

I have a quick test on ubuntu 20.04 and foxy. There are some issues in linorobot2 installation which I think can be resolved later. However, the micro-ROS agent is built without problem. The linorobot2_hardware can not build with foxy setting. But it can be set to humble and build the firmware. And esp32 and pico firmware built as humble on ubuntu 20.04 can work with micro-ROS agent on foxy. As you will use Jetson as robot computer, I would suggest pico as the micro-controller. The USB CDC of pico will work better. And pico pin assignments are easier to use. The pico pin assignment on my wiki is tested. I have a Mecanum drive robot (4 motors with encoders) built with rpi5 and pico. Video and photo on my wiki. They work well.

Answer 8 · 2024-05-24T06:45:26.000Z

Thank you but unfortunately I do not have pico. My setup is Jetson Xavier Nx, ESP32, two L298N Motor drivers. I am very new to ROS2. Can you explain how to build linorobot2_hardware on ESP32?

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On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 07:30 Thomas Chou ***@***.***> wrote: I have a quick test on ubuntu 20.04 and foxy. There are some issues in linorobot2 installation which I think can be resolved later. However, the micro-ROS agent is built without problem. The linorobot2_hardware can not build with foxy setting. But it can be set to humble and build the firmware. And esp32 and pico firmware built as humble on ubuntu 20.04 can work with micro-ROS agent on foxy. As you will use Jetson as robot computer, I would suggest pico as the micro-controller. The USB CDC of pico will work better. And pico pin assignments are easier to use. The pico pin assignment on my wiki is tested. I have a Mecanum drive robot (4 motors with encoders) built with rpi5 and pico. Video and photo on my wiki. They work well. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#121 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APNMD6NLWJWSNSSPPSQ7NUTZD264ZAVCNFSM6AAAAABIBIOMDKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDCMRYGUYDAMJZHE> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 9 · 2024-05-24T06:51:04.000Z

ESP32 and L298N will be fine. Please follow my wiki.

Answer 10 · 2024-05-24T07:04:01.000Z

If you have questions, you may use my discussion board https://github.com/hippo5329/linorobot2_hardware/discussions .

"Issue" is mostly used for bugs reporting.
Q&A should go to "discussion".

Answer 11 · 2024-05-26T05:22:44.000Z

Install linorobot2 on Ubuntu 20.04 and Foxy

Use the same procedures as humble and replace humble with foxy. However, rosdep seems failed to work. The packages dependency need to be handled manually before linorobot2 installation.

sudo apt install -y ros-foxy-imu-tools ros-foxy-robot-localization ros-foxy-joy-linux \
    ros-foxy-xacro ros-foxy-depth-image-proc ros-foxy-joint-state-publisher \
    ros-foxy-image-proc ros-foxy-laser-filters ros-foxy-navigation2 \
    ros-foxy-nav2-bringup ros-foxy-turtlebot3-gazebo

Build the firmware with Humble setting. It will work with micro-ROS agent on Foxy. Uncomment the line of your board env in platformio.ini.

board_microros_distro = humble

Answer 12 · 2024-05-26T13:17:12.000Z

I will try it as soon as possible and let you know. Thanks!!

Answer 13 · 2024-05-28T19:16:56.000Z

I added more details on micro-ros agent connection test and bringup launch. Please check the wiki.