Running M0166 on VOXL 2

cbay

Curious what is the minimum components necessary to connect the M0166 to the VOXL 2.

Is there a camera configuration available to run the M0166 solo, and if not how difficult would it be or configure it.
Further more what would the setup be for 2 M0166? 3?

Setup is for VIO tests, no need for any drone components, just the VOXL 2.

Also open to use the VOXL 2 Mini, just have less experience with that board.

Thanks for the advice
Carson

Alex Kushleyev

@cbay ,

The minimal components for testing M0166 camera with VOXL2 are:

M0155 adapter
coax camera cable (should come with the camera)

To run the solo configuration, you would need to do the following in software:

copy correct ar0144 sensormodule driver to /usr/lib/camera/
create (or copy/paste) a voxl-camera-server.conf file for that camera to /etc/modalai. The config can be copied for many of our standard configs.
- as an example, you could run voxl-configure-cameras 26 to use our standard C26 config (see here : https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-coax-camera-bundles/) and then just disable / remove (in the generated config file) the cameras that are not actually present.

For testing 1-3 M0166 cameras,

option 1: 1-3 M0155 (unsync'ed), plugged into VOXL2 J6, J7, J8
option 2: 1 M0173 (synchronized or unsynchronized), M0173 plugs into VOXL2 J6, J7.

Please take a look at this post, you will find some useful information about customization : https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4491/ar0144-rgb-output-on-voxl2 (even though your question is not related to a color version of M0166).

If you are using VOXL2 mini, you can still use two M0155. If you wanted 2-3 sync'ed cameras, you need to use either M0188 or M0195 (both of which are for VOXL2 mini only, just like M0173 is for VOXL2 only).

There are lots of options.. depending on the path you take, we can help you get the software set up.

Alex