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Using Raspberry Pi 4, With Ubuntu , Ros , Rplidar , Arduino

by s.a.alghamdi94

Raspberry Pi 4 is the version of the Raspberry Pi single-board computer. 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB RAM version of Raspberry Pi
4. in this project we description

Download 3 di erent versions of ubuntu (16..04,18.04,20.04) ,Install of ROS and Using (RPlidar & arduino)

Step 1: Components

1- A Raspberry pi 4 (8GB)

2- A 16GB or higher capacity microSD card

3- A keyboard and a mouse

4- A micro-HDMI to HDMI cable

5- wired network for connecting the Raspberry Pi to the internet(Ethernet)

6-A USB Type-C power adapter for Raspberry Pi 4

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7- RPlidar

8- Cable

9-Arduino

Step 2: Download Ubuntu 16.04

To Download we chose 2020-11-07-ubiquity-xenial-lxde

Step 3:

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Step 4: Start With Ubuntu 16.04

This system has already Ros kinetic. Therefore, we started with Connect to the WiFi

network that starts with ubiquityrobot. Password is robotseverywhere.

Go to Terminal, and connect to your Pi using ssh [email protected]. Password

is ubuntu. Then run

sudo systemctl disable magni-base

to ensure that startup scripts are disabled.

Run roscore to make sure that things are working properly.

roscore

If you get warning/errors, try stopping ROS and starting it again with

killall -9 roscore

Run

roscore

Step 5: Cmake Upgrade

So we will start by install the cmake 3.7.2 Installation by a PPA (Upgrade to 3.7)

Open terminal and run:

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 sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

sudo add-apt-repository
ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x

sudo apt-get update

When cmake is not yet installed

sudo apt-get install cmake 3.7.2

When cmake is already installed

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install build-essential

wget http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.7/cmake-3.7.2.tar.gz

tar xf cmake-3.7.2.tar.gz

cd cmake-3.7.2

./configure

make

sudo apt-get install checkinstall

sudo checkinstall

sudo make install

Step 6: Rplidar Kinetic Installation

cd catkin_ws

cd src

git clone https://github.com/Slamtec/rplidar_ros.git

cd ..

catkin_make

Check the authority of rplidar's serial-port

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 ls -l /dev |grep ttyUSB

Add the authority of write: (such as /dev/ttyUSB0)

sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0

Start a rplidar node and view the scan result in rviz.

roslaunch rplidar_ros view_rplidar.launch

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Step 7: Hector Slam

The hector-mapping nodes depend on Qt4, so you

need to install it rst.

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 sudo apt-get install qt4-qmake qt4-dev-tools

Move into catkin_ws/src, clone the source les and then make them

cd catkin_ws

cd src

git clone https://github.com/tu-darmstadt-ros-pkg/hector_sl...

cd ..

catkin_make

For a quick test of the hector_mapping two launch les needs to be modi ed.

Edit the "mapping_default.launch" le

Go to home le > catkin_ws > src >hector_ slam > hector _mapping

>launch > mapping_default.launch

Step 8:

Modify the third line to this

<arg name="base_frame" default="base_link"/>

And the fourth line to this.

<arg name="odom_frame" default="base_link"/>

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The last line to this

<node pkg="tf" type="static_transform_publisher" name="base_to_laser_broadcaster" args="0 0 0 0 0 0 base_link laser 100" />

Step 9: Another File Modify

Go to home le > catkin_ws > src > hector_ slam > hector _ slam_launch >launch > tutorial.launch

<param name="/use_sim_time" value="false"/>

To start the mapping process use

roslaunch hector_slam_launch tutorial.launch

NOTE: when you want to start the mapping process you should run the Rivs in another terminal.

roslaunch rplidar_ros view_rplidar.launch

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Step 10: Ubuntu 18.04 System and Working

ubuntu 18.04 download https://drive.google.com/ le/d/1SrAIRisa-3Kgf6duKMk6_3oEisxO-nb8/view?usp=sharing

We started by installing the Ubuntu LTS 18.04 (32bit) Image by balenaEtcher

Application to ash the Ubuntu image on the SD card (16GB).Then we connected

the Ethernet to install the Ubuntu on raspberry pi 4, after nish Installation it's

prompted to log in, we used “ubuntu” for the username , password and current password.

Then It asked to change this default password after log in.

Finally, we used 3 codes to run the Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

sudo reboot

This code for check version

lsb_release –a

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Step 11: ROS (Robot Operation System) Installation

There are two types of ROS (ROS1.ROS2). We are using ROS (1) ,another thing the ROS has several versions, It is related to
the version of the system you are using , so we chose the ROS melodic which is available on Ubuntu 18.04 version

we sheared the code from

We followed steps of this video

So the code we used will be written below :

Note: you should write the important code in the table before run any code from ros wiki Website.

cd /

The cd (“change directory”) command is used to change the current working directory in Linux and other Unix-like
operating systems. It is one of the most basic and frequently used commands when working on the Linux terminal. ...
Each time you interact with your command prompt, you are working within a directory.

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb <a href="http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu" rel="nofollow">http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu </a> $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ro
s-latest.list'

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80' --recv-key C1CF6E31E6BADE8868B172B4F42ED6FBAB17C654

sudo apt update

sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop-full

sudo apt-get install python-pip

sudo pip install –U rosdeb

sudo rosdep init

rosdep update

echo "source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

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 source ~/.bashrc

sudo apt install python-rosdep python-rosinstall python-rosinstall-generator python-wstool build-essential

Note: You have successfully installed ROS , if you would like to make sure if the ROS Working open the terminal again and
just write

roscore

Step 12: RPLiDAR Ubuntu 18.04

We Connected our RPLiDAR to Raspberry Pi 4 Model B using Micro USB Cable. Flashing green light indicates normal
activity of sensor. Following command line to check the permissions:

Open your terminal and run the following command.

ls -l /dev | grep ttyUSB

Output of the following command must be:

crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Jan 3 14:59 ttyUSB

Run below command to change permission:

sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0

Now you are able to read and write with this device using the USB port.

Install the following dependencies. Open a new terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install cmake python-catkin-pkg python-empy python- nose python-setuptools libgtest-dev python-rosinstall python- rosinstall-generator python-wstool build-ess
ential git

Create the catkin root and source folders

mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src

This workspace can be compiled even it is empty. Go to the source folder of the catkin workspace that you just created In
your terminal, run

cd ~/catkin_ws/src

Clone the github repository of RPLIDAR ROS package.

git clone https://github.com/robopeak/rplidar_ros.git

And then

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 cd ~/catkin_ws

Then, run catkin_make to compile your catkin workspace.

catkin_make

Then run to source the environment with your current terminal. Don't close the terminal.

source devel/setup.bash

To start ROS, run the following command in a new terminal:

roscore

In the terminal which you sourced the environment, run below command

roslaunch rplidar_ros view_rplidar.launch

An instance of Rviz will then open with a map of the RPLIDAR’s surroundings.

Step 13: Hector Slam Ubuntu 18.04

The hector-mapping nodes depend on Qt4, so you need to install it rst.

sudo apt-get install qt4-qmake qt4-dev-tools

Move into catkin_ws/src, clone the source les and then make them

cd ~/catkin_ws/src

git clone https://github.com/tu-darmstadt-ros-pkg/hector_sl...

cd ~/catkin_ws

catkin_make

You have to go back to step 7 and do same thing to modify the les

Step 14: Arduino With Melodic

Start with Arduino IDE installed, download it from the Arduino website Go to software > download > in the right side
choose linux32 ,After nish, extract the le on download.
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Open the terminal and write this code :

sudo apt-get install ros-melodic-rosserial-arduino

To Install the IDE :

cd Downloads

cd arduino-1.8.13

sudo ./install.sh

Then

cd catkin_ws

cd src

git clone https://github.com/ros-drivers/rosserial.git

cd catkin_ws

catkin_make

catkin_make install

Install ros_lib into the Arduino Environment

cd snap

cd arduino

cd current

cd arduino

cd libraries

rm -rf ros_lib

rosrun rosserial_arduino make_libraries.py

Step 15: Ubuntu 20.04 Download

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Download here The default username is ubuntu and the password is
ubuntu
To install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Raspberry Pi 4, you need
to download the Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS image for Once you log in, you will be asked to enter your current
Raspberry Pi. The Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS Raspberry Pi password.
image is available on the O cial website of Ubuntu.
Type in ubuntu and press .
NOTE: If you’re using the 2GB or 4GB version of
Raspberry Pi 4, then download the 32-bit Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will ask you to enter a new password.
LTS image. If you’re using the 8GB version of Raspberry
Pi 4, then download the 64-bit Ubuntu 20.04 LTS image. Type in a new password and press .

First, connect a Retype the password and press

network cable to the Ethernet port of your Raspberry Pi
4

Step 16: Upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Packages

First, update the APT package repository cache with the following command

sudo apt update

To update all the existing packages, run the following command:

sudo apt upgrade

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For the changes to take e ect, reboot the Raspberry Pi 4 with the following command:

sudo systemctl reboot

Step 17: Desktop

Reference

Installing Ubuntu Desktop on the Raspberry Pi 4

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop

For the changes to take e ect, reboot your Raspberry Pi 4 with the following command:

sudo systemctl reboot

Step 18: Installation Ros Ubuntu 20.04

Setup your computer to accept software from packages.ros.org.

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

Set up your keys

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80' --recv-key C1CF6E31E6BADE8868B172B4F42ED6FBAB17C654

First, make sure your package index is update

sudo apt update

Desktop-Full Install:

sudo apt install ros-noetic-desktop-full

You must source this script in every bash terminal you use ROS in.

source /opt/ros/noetic/setup.bash

echo "source /opt/ros/noetic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc·

source ~/.bashrc

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Step 19: Install Build Dependencies on Raspberry Pi 4

Now we are nally ready to install Noetic on your Raspberry Pi 4.

sudo apt update

apt search ros-noetic

We will rst install all dependencies:

sudo apt-get install -y python3-rosdep python3-rosinstall-generator python3-wstool python3-rosinstall build-essential cmake

The dependencies here include ROS speci c tools (rosdep, rosintall_generator and ws_tool) and some essential build
tools like make and cmake.

Step 20: Set Up ROS Noetic Dependency Sources/repos

First, we initialize rosdep, which is a ROS tool for installing dependencies:

sudo rosdep init

You should see the following output after it’s done:

Wrote /etc/ros/rosdep/sources.list.d/20-default.list

Recommended: please run

rosdep update

Next we run rosdep update to fetch package information from the repos that are just initialized.

rosdep update

Install ROS Noetic dependencies

mkdir ~/ros_catkin_ws

cd ~/ros_catkin_ws

Desktop Install here

rosinstall_generator desktop --rosdistro noetic --deps --wet-only --tar > noetic-desktop-wet.rosinstall

wstool init src noetic-desktop-wet.rosinstall

wstool update -j8 -t src

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 rosdep install -y --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro noetic -r --os=debian:buster

Compiling Noetic packages on Raspberry Pi 4

sudo src/catkin/bin/catkin_make_isolated --install -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release --install-space /opt/ros/noetic -j2 -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3

It takes around 1 hour for compilation process

Step 21: RPLiDAR Ubuntu 20.04

Open your terminal and run the following command.

ls -l /dev | grep ttyUSB

Output of the following command must be:

crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Jan 3 14:59 ttyUSB

Run below command to change permission:

sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0

Install RPLIDAR ROS Package

mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src

cd ~/catkin_ws/

Con gure the catkin workspace

catkin_init_workspace

And source it to bashrc:

echo "source $HOME/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

Okay, we’re ready to start installing RPLIDAR ROS package.

Go to the source folder of the catkin workspace that you just created:

cd src

Clone the ROS node for the Lidar in the catkin workspace.

sudo git clone https://github.com/Slamtec/rplidar_ros.git

After that build with catkin.

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 cd ~/catkin_ws/

Run catkin_make to compile your catkin workspace.

catkin_make

Then run to source the environment with your current terminal. Don't close the terminal.

source devel/setup.bash

and launch RPILIDAR launch le

roslaunch rplidar_ros rplidar.launch

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Thanks for sharing :)

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