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Will RoS work over I2C , without serial? ie; arduino to arduino communication without a PC?

asked 2015-11-18 00:46:09 -0600

Ajan gravatar image

updated 2015-11-18 12:37:28 -0600

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Will RoS work over I2C , without serial? ie; arduino to arduino communication without a PC?

I have seen examples and tutorials on how RoS can be used in arduino. But all of them explains how to get an arduino communicate to a PC over serial protocol.

I am working on a robotic project where arduino to arduino communication is required. Will I be able to imlement two ROS nodes based on I2C as underlying channel ?

Or any other ideas to get the same goal ?


Edit: Thanks William for the quick answer. Eventhough, ROS Serial ( http://wiki.ros.org/rosserial ) examples are shown for communication from arduino to PC , I believe arduino to arduino serial will also work for ROSserial.

Any pointers how I can implement a new underlying protocol for ROS node to node communication. There should be "downward" interfaces for doing this. Has any one tried this?

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Maybe using a raspberry Pi with ROS as master for both arduino boards?

Mehdi. gravatar image Mehdi.  ( 2015-11-18 03:46:29 -0600 )edit

@Ajan: please don't post answers to post comments, or updates to your question. Please use the edit button/link for that. I've merged your update into your question.

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2015-11-18 12:38:38 -0600 )edit

will do . Thanks @gvdhoorn

Ajan gravatar image Ajan  ( 2015-11-18 12:50:37 -0600 )edit

@Mehdi Thanks for the suggestion to use the Raspberry pi. But I do not need one. Do not need that much processing in my robot. Arduinos can handle it. Communication among arduinos is going to be a challenge. I am planning to use I2C . But RoS do not support it. Wondering how to write my own support!

Ajan gravatar image Ajan  ( 2015-11-19 00:14:00 -0600 )edit

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answered 2015-11-18 02:59:38 -0600

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No, ROS uses TCP or UDP over IP to do communication and isn't suited for i2c or serial to serial communications. ROS Serial ( http://wiki.ros.org/rosserial ) provides communication between a microcontroller and a PC using serial. But as far as I know there is nothing like what you've described.

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