On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Jeff Albrecht <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to run a ROS node on the BeagleBoard Blue to publish ping sensor > data, subscribe to servo control commands etc... I'm pretty new to ROS. FWIW > I do have Linux and Linux SBCs experience. I'm familiar with MQTT. > > I'm hoping to find up to the minute knowledge from folks like Jason Kridner > / RobertCNelson before I head down a a path I'm new to and unfamiliar with. > > This past Memorial day weekend I installed Debian 9 stretch on an old HP > tx2000 and installed a full desktop version of ROS Lunar from packages. > Pretty much easy peasy following these directions. Debian install of ROS > Lunar I like that it was a package install rather than a preconfigured linux > image as I've seen in a previous ROS dive a year or so ago. If I'm reading > that documentation correctly they also have arm64 packages for Debian 9 > stretch. Is there support, a boot image, for Debian stretch on the > BeagleBoard Blue? > > What other paths might I take on my quest to have ROS on the BeagleBoard > Blue? Sure would be nice to do it in Debian rather than Ubuntu. And from > packages would be ++ > > Here is some documentation I've found that might be useful, or raised more > questions. > > The EduMIP Mobile Robot: Running the EduMIP as a ROS Node see Notes on > Setting up the BeagleBone Black (BBB) and Beaglebone Black Wireles (BBBW) > with Debian and ROS > ROS Lunar installation instructions Seems to indicate stretch is available > for Arm64 > Debian install of ROS Lunar Seems to indicate packages are available for > Arm64 on stretch > DebianScienceRoboticsROSPackages The current list of Debianised packages > (ordered by dependency) Looks like a bunch of packages built for Arm64 > Debian Jessie. I don't know where to start. > > Recap > Is Debian Stretch available for BeagleBoards?
Yes, weekly snapshots are available: (debian is targeting mid june for actual release) https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-05-28/ > What might be the best starting point to installing a node on a BeagleBoard > Blue? Grab the stretch-iot image A good chunk of ROS is available in debian stretch: https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ros-metapackages Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYi%3D0kHUbSfaV5cfDNfOyPGU0EK50G1y70f9g957VHEeBg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
