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Only released in EOL distros:  

Package Summary

Battery Monitor for the M4-ATX Power Module

Package Summary

Battery Monitor for the M4-ATX Power Module

About

The 'm4atx_battery_monitor' package will read the information from a m4atx battery supply and publish it as a ros message.

Nodes

m4atx_battery_monitor_node

m4atx_battery_monitor_node will read in the information from the m4atx and publish the information.

Published Topics

battery_status_m4atx ('m4atx_batter_monitor/PowerReading')
  • publishes the Power information

Parameters

~diag_frequency (double, default: 1.0)
  • the frequency at which to poll the power supply
~input_nominal (double, default: 13.8)
  • the nominal voltage when the battery supply is fully charged
~battery_dead_voltage (double, default: 10.5)
  • the voltage at which the battery is considered dead (at a 0% charge)