This last week I continued working on getting microROS and ROS2 working on my machine and on the ESP32. Since ROS2 is not well supported on platforms other than Ubuntu, I had to spend a while getting my dual-boot setup to work but I finally got it all set up. After I had my Linux environment setup, I spent some more time researching the setup for microROS on an ESP32 and found that I had to install the older v5.2.6 version of the ESP-IDF. Then, I found out that the ESP-IDF VS-Code extension is bugged on the snap version for VS-Code (the one you install from the Ubuntu app store) so I had to get the .deb package from the VS-Code website and install it using apt. That finally got everything to work on the ESP-IDF side. Then, I was able to install and use the Jazzy-Jalisco version of ROS2 for Ubuntu and was successfully able to create a ROS publisher and subscriber with the subscriber reporting back all the published information. So, in a nutshell, I got the entire development environment back up in Linux and was able to get ROS to work just on my laptop.
Progress is on schedule, I said that I would have been able to figure out how to have a microROS client running on the ESP32-S3 by the end of tomorrow, which works perfectly as that should all be straightforward after doing all the required setup this last week.
For next week, I will hopefully be able to implement the two-way ranging pipeline between an ESP32 and a Qorvo DWM3001CDK. I say hopefully as this will depend on whether or parts do in fact arrive next week with ample time to finish this step. We ordered the DWM3001CDK kits from Digikey last week so they should arrive in time for me to complete this deliverable. Until the parts arrive, my plan is to help my teammates with their deliverables as needed and try to find more documentation for the DWM3001CDK. In particular, I did not see a software/programming guide for the board on the website so I’d like to find documentation for how one interacts with the board. If I still have extra time, then I’d like to start writing the C code for performing trilateration as this can definitely be done without having the components yet.
Part B: Please write a paragraph or two describing how the product solution you are designing will meet a specified need with consideration of cultural factors. Cultural factors are encompass the set of beliefs, moral values, traditions, language, and laws (or rules of behavior) held in common by a nation, a community, or other defined group of people.