Vectornav ROS Driver

A ROS node for VectorNav INS & GPS devices.

This package provides a sensor_msg interface for the VN100, 200, & 300 devices. Simply configure your launch files to point to the serial port of the deice and you can use rostopic to quickly get running.

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Dereck Wonnacott dereck@gmail.com

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QuickStart Guide

This assumes that you have a VectorNav device connected to your computer via a USB cable and that you have already created a catkin workspace

Build:

1. cd ~/catkin_ws/src
2. git clone https://github.com/Project-MANAS/vectornav.git
3. cd ..
4. catkin_make

Run:

5. (Terminal 1) roscore
6. (Terminal 2) roslaunch vectornav vectornav.launch
7. (Terminal 3) rostopic list
8. (Terminal 3) rostopic echo /vectornav/IMU
9. (Terminal #) ctrl+c to quit

Overview

vnpub node

This node provides a ROS interface for a vectornav device. It can be configured via ROS parameters and pubishes sensor data via ROS topics.

vectornav.launch

This launch file contains the default parameters for connecting a device to ROS. You will problaby want to copy it into your own project and modify as required.

References