Establish Communication Between Arduino and Jetson

[AbbyJune]

Subtask of issue #65 and #66

Physical communication - (cords)
Communication methods - (what the Arduino receives and Jetson sends)

[OddEyed45]

figure out what can you send, how can you send it, and how does the arduino receive this

[AmmarMohammed01]

Student looked into different communication method types:

1. RX & TX pins
2. DIgital Pins
3. USB Cable (Serial library)<-- looks like best option so far

[AbbyJune]

Communication method: serial USB

Works by: sending strings. Two-way communication. We can make our own protocols for what gets sent how. Ex. send "S: " before sending a speed from Jetson to Arduino, "U: " before sending ultrasonic distance from Arduino to Jetson. This way, we know what info is being sent and is easy to understand and follow.

On Jetson side (receiving)
line = serial.readline().decode('utf-8').rstrip() -> rstrip is right strip, removing anything excess off the right side, gets rid of newline
if line.startswith("U:"):

On Arduino side (sending)
Serial.print("U:");
Serial.println(distance);

Next steps: connect Arduino to Jetson physically. Then test with example program. Then connect Ultrasonic (see other issues or Abby). Then test sending info from Arduino, to Jetson. Etc.

[AbbyJune]

Motion Detection

With ML model (the model’s purpose would be to know we’re detecting a human, not a cat or something)
Take an immediate snapshot and make ML model analyze and calculate distance / direction. Send info back to Arduino in some manner (egs. "go back," "go forward," "right," "left", "strafe left")... whatever you want, just let me know

[AmmarMohammed01]

Commit b46d219: "initial serial connection code between jetson and arduino" - Sreeja.
Contains code for Arduino motor controls and Jetson code sending commands though serial interface.

[mikehquan19]

afcd1a6 got the minimal working CV that can determine the direction commands and send them back to the Arduino, will test it as soon as next Wednesday.