Power boards diagnostics
.Power board status verification
Assumed that the complete DroneCore.Suite with the provided Jetson system image is used. The ROS package ae_powerboard_control contains functionality to display .Power board status. This status output contains info about DroneCore.Power board and diagnostic info about all ESCs on the board.
Run status command (ROS)
Open console on Jetson Xavier NX
Run command
roslaunch ae_powerboard_control control.launchWait for status info
It is displayed immediately after the node is started, ie, several seconds
Exit command
Ctrl + C
Output description
Contain
Status
Value = 0 - correct reception of the packet
Value = 1 - error during reception of the packet
I2C address of PowerBoard
Error and warning log of ESCs
From the last power-cycle (Actual run)
From previous power-cycle
From all power-cycles before clean
Data of ESCs
Max and average current
Max motor and ESC temperature
Info of ESCs
Fw version
Device address
Hw build
Serial number
Resistances of the motor
Global resistance
Resistance of phases
Info of PowerBoard
Fw version
Hw build
Serial number
Example of status info
This example output illustrates a situation where there are issues with Motor1 / Motor2, and Motor3 / Motor4 works properly.
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