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is there a way to publish topics of the same node at different rates

asked 2017-05-14 07:55:37 -0500

johnd
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I have a single node publishing 5 topics and would like to publish them at different rates. (Python)

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Probably not something you'll want to hear, but what have you tried yourself already? How much programming experience do you have? If I say: sure, just use different threads / timer callbacks, does that mean anything to you?

gvdhoorn ( 2017-05-14 08:03:27 -0500 )edit

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answered 2017-05-15 11:05:31 -0500

lucasw

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http://wiki.ros.org/rospy/Overview/Ti...

def update1(event):
    pub1.publish(msg1)

def update2(event):
    pub2.publish(msg2)

def update3(event):
    pub3.publish(msg3)
...

rospy.Timer(rospy.Duration(1.0 / rate1), update1)
rospy.Timer(rospy.Duration(1.0 / rate2), update2)
rospy.Timer(rospy.Duration(1.0 / rate3), update3)
...

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