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I am learning ros2_control with the real hardware. I need some help writing hardware interface for the current setup. I do not have experience writing on the communication side of the real hardware.

setup: I have Jetson nano, drives, motors, and sensors communicating via EtherCAT and using ros2 foxy and SOEM_ROS2 package. these were installed and running without ros2 control, simply via publisher and subscriber. The whole system controls the x,y,z axis with prismatic joint. It is not a robot. so no end effector. Now, I want to integrate ros2 control with the whole system. I don't know how to get the values from the hardware for the read and write methods of the hardware interface. I appreciate any help you can provide.

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Have you seen this EtherCAT driver?

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  • $\begingroup$ thank you for the answer. I am trying at the moment with the existing packages on the system. In init method i am writing a subscriber and publisher to get the messages from the existing architecture. and I will write the read and write methods from the values that I receive. will see how that goes.!!!! $\endgroup$
    – Hem92j
    Commented Feb 13 at 14:54
  • $\begingroup$ We don't suggest using a node inside the hardware component, that's what the ros2_controllers are for. $\endgroup$
    – Christoph Froehlich
    Commented Feb 13 at 18:38
  • $\begingroup$ so I have to write the completely new hardware component ? or is there any other work around? $\endgroup$
    – Hem92j
    Commented Feb 13 at 19:16
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    $\begingroup$ Have you checked the link above? E.g., here you can see how to configure the EtherCAT plugin for a motor. No need to write your own hardware component if you can use ethercat_driver_ros2 $\endgroup$
    – Christoph Froehlich
    Commented Feb 13 at 19:36
  • $\begingroup$ thank you for your suggestions. so I am using ros2 foxy, I will still have to check for compatibility. but that's good starting point to look at. Thank you!!! $\endgroup$
    – Hem92j
    Commented Feb 14 at 7:54

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