* brought in the Vertiq Cpp API as a submodule. updated the serial rx handling so that we can parse out IQUART data packets
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Co-authored-by: Luca Scheuer <scheuer.luca@gmail.com>
* Made Serial API open the UART in NON BLOCKING mode
* Updated voxl_esc driver to latest from ModalAI fork
* Ported voxl_esc driver over to new Serial UART API
* Removed voxl_esc serial abstraction since new Serial API is already a serial abstraction
- always publish esc_status
- when enabled via MODAL_IO_VLOG param, enable actuator debug output
- for modal_io commands, use ESC HW ID values instead of motor number for easier use
- publish esc_status message for command line commands
- Uncommented the code that fills in the cmdcount and power fields in the esc_status topic
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Co-authored-by: Travis Bottalico <travis@modalai.com>
- update motor mapping to use new UART_ESC_FUNC* auto generated params
- add support for actuator_test msg to support Actuator Testing in QGC
- modalai_fc-vX targets start driver if configured
- keep track of ESC spin direction in own param
- set ramp up param in MixerOutput to false
In review it was requested to have a different name for
manual_control_setpoint.z because of the adjusted range.
I started to investigate what naming is most intuitive and found
that most people recognize the stick axes as roll, pitch, yaw, throttle.
It comes at no surprise because other autopilots
and APIs seem to share this convention.
While changing the code I realized that even within the code base
the axes are usually assigned to a variable with that name or
have comments next to the assignment clarifying the axes
using these names.
Eric Katzfey