micro-ROS + PlatformIO Development Container

Overview

This repository provides a VSCode devcontainer configuration to facilitate the development of micro-ROS applications using PlatformIO. With this setup, you can work on micro-ROS projects without needing to install additional software directly on your host machine.

Features

• Preconfigured Development Environment: The devcontainer is built upon the official micro-ROS rolling Docker image, with pre-installed extensions and dependencies for PlatformIO, along with USB passthrough support.
• Project Mounting: The projects folder is mounted within the container as the default PlatformIO project directory, allowing you to manage and develop your micro-ROS applications conveniently in this location.
• Agent Communication Options: This configuration includes a docker-compose.yml file to easily start the micro-ROS agent for device communication, available in two modes:
  • serial-agent: Enables serial communication with micro-ROS applications, defaulting to USB port /dev/ttyUSB0.
  • udp-agent: Allows network-based communication with micro-ROS applications via UDP, defaulting to port 9999.

Note

• The default ROS_DOMAIN_ID is set to 42. You can adjust this value in both the docker-compose.yml and devcontainer.json files as needed.
• By default, the internal user within the container is set to vscode. This can be modified if a different user setup is preferred.

Usage

1. Clone this repository and open it in VSCode.
2. When prompted, reopen the repository in the container to initialize the devcontainer environment.
3. Develop your micro-ROS applications in the projects directory.
4. Use docker-compose to launch the desired micro-ROS agent as per your communication requirements.

Happy coding!