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Flash and Connect the micro-ROS Motion Controller

Flash the controller, start the micro-ROS agent and verify serial communication.

Goal

Flash the controller, start the micro-ROS agent and verify serial communication.

Procedure

  1. Put the controller into its documented flash mode.
  2. Flash the matching firmware.
  3. Start the micro-ROS agent on the host.
  4. Inspect controller topics with ros2 topic list.

Verification

Record the command output, confirm the expected ROS 2 topic or behaviour, and resolve power, TF and device-permission errors before continuing.

// partsUsed in this tutorial

CTRL-MROS-001
micro-ROS Motion Control Board
Controller
SBC-PI5-004
Raspberry Pi 5 ROS 2 Host (4GB)
Controller