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ROS_ARDUINO_WIICHUCK

General Info

This is a package for use with ROS (http://www.ros.org/). It was built using ROS Indigo and ROSSerial_Arduino on Ubuntu 14.04 and an Arduino Uno.

The purpose of this package is to read the values from a Wii Nunchuck controller using an Arduino, and to pass along the values as a ROS message.

It makes use of the WiiChuck.h library as copied from http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/WiiChuckClass.

Custom Message

This package includes a custom message type called WiiChuck which contains the following:

  • uint8 joyX
  • uint8 joyY
  • bool buttonZ
  • bool buttonC
  • float32 accelX
  • float32 accelY
  • float32 accelZ

Usage

Edit the firmware/CMakeLists.txt to be the correct board and port for your application. Build the firmware with catkin_make ros_arduino_wiichuck_firmware_wiichuck Upload the firmware with catkin_make ros_arduino_wiichuck_firmware_wiichuck-upload

To see the output run the following in 3 terminals

roscore

rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py /dev/ttyACM1

rostopic echo chuck