In the first part of our Hokuyo UST-10LX installation article, we made a wiring harness and installed the lidar into RACECAR/J. After connecting the Jetson on the RACECAR to an HDMI monitor, keyboard and mouse we are ready to configure the Hokuyo and test it under ROS. Looky here: Hokuyo Read more …
Adding a Hokuyo UST-10LX Scanning Range Finder to RACECAR/J is probably the most difficult task in the build to replicate a MIT RACECAR. With a little patience, it’s not too difficult. Looky here: Background One popular approach to vehicle autonomy is to add lidar and use the output to map Read more …
So you’ve been working on your Jetson TX1 project for a while, and need a little inspiration. It turns out that there’s a group of people at Skydio that put together a very impressive product around the Jetson TX1. Here’s a very nice and informative preview video of the Skydio Read more …
Before we can run RACECAR/J, we need to program the electronic speed controller, called a VESC, for the motor and steering. Looky here: Background Note: Newer versions of RACECAR J use a VESC 6. Please see the article RACECAR/J – Programming the Electronic Speed Controller. For RACECAR/J, we replace the Read more …
Have you experienced plugging in a USB device, and the Jetson not recognizing it? Sometimes all you need is the right USB to Serial Convert Kernel Module! Looky here: Background As we discovered in a previous article, Install ttyACM Module , sometimes a NVIDIA Jetson TX1 or Jetson TX2 running Read more …
In the previous article in our RACECAR/J Build Series, we finished the initial assembly of the base robot. Now it is time for the Software Install. FOCBOX replaced by VESC6 Plus Important Note: Currently the RACECAR/J Kits are shipping with the VESC 6 Plus. There are two installation scripts in Read more …
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