@modaltb, @Matt-Turi,

any news on the release of the ToF installation for VOXL2? Even a beta version with little instructions on how to install it will be great. Really hope to have this feature soon and thank you very much for your hard work.

Best,

Hi,

I am very interested in your recent youtube video and wanted to know more about the hardware/software details.

• 1 - Which hardware platform are you using? Is that the Sentinel embedding the VOXL2? Are those results possible using the VOXL1?

• 2 - Which sensor are you using? Are you using the cameras on the VOXL to create a point cloud or a time of flight sensor as well? Would just a tof sensor be enough to create a map and navigate into it as you show in the video?

• 3 - Can you link me to any resources or detailed instructions that I can use to install all the software you run in this demo so that I can reproduce it in my office? In particular, if using a camera to generate the point cloud, which piece of code are you running to do that?

Thank you very much

As for the projects we are developing, we really need the ToF sensor to be working on the VOXL2. However, I read that the TOF sensor is not yet supported. Do you have an approximate timeline for when the TOF sensor would be supported?
Thanks

Hi @Matt-Turi and thank you for your very quick reply.

I am definitely implementing this on the VOXL1 by following your links and thanks again for that.

Furthermore, do you know if such capability will be available for VOXL2? We are still waiting for the code instruction to install the tof sensors on the VOXL2. Do you know when that would be released?

Thanks

Hello,

I just upgraded my VOXL2 from voxl2_platform_0.9.5 to voxl2_SDK_1.1.1 and noticed that my suite of sensors is not running properly anymore. I have a ToF, hires IMX214, and tracking cameras connected to the VOXL2 and I can see all the cameras streamed correctly on voxl-portal using voxl2_platform_0.9.5.

However, as soon as I flash the new voxl2_SDK_1.1.1 (same problem with voxl2_SDK_1.0) only the ToF camera is shown on the voxl-portal but the tracking and hires do not stream data.

After checking the voxl-inspect-services I can see that the voxl-camera-service is running correctly even if the tracking and hires cameras are not working.
To double-check the cameras connection I run voxl-camera-service 4 (i.e. only hires and tracking ) and I am able to see the tracking and hires camera working on the voxl-portal.
Same if I run only ToF with voxl-camera-service 9 as the ToF is correctly streaming while the other cameras are off.

The problem arises only once I set voxl-camera-service 6 which is supposed to run all the 3 cameras but only the ToF is streamed while the hires and tracking are stuck.

To finish double check things I quickly changed the voxl sdk to 0.9.5 and after setting voxl-camera-service 6 everything worked fine again and all the 3 cameras were streamed correctly confirming that it was not a hardware problem but a software condition.

What can I do to solve this problem? I need to use the new SDK since it has a lot of advantages w.r.t. 0.9.5 but of course I need all the cameras to work properly.

Thank you very much for your time and I can send you more info, including screenshots if needed.

Thanks a lot

Hello,

I just got several new ToF sensors and need to connect them to my quadcopter. I noticed that to work correctly this sensors requires VOXL SDK >= v1.2.
Is there any way I can still use it right now with SDK v1.1.3? Do you have any code I can try it out? I really need to use them ASAP.

Thanks

@Eric-Katzfey I see! But is the sensor somewhere in the PX4 Autonomy Development Kit drone or it is not there at all?

Thanks

Hello,

I just bought a PX4 Autonomy Developer Kit since I noticed from this that the VL53L1X sensor is used as a landing sensor. Can you please explain how this sensor is connected to the VOXL and how I can set the PX4 to use it correctly?

Thanks a lot for your time

Hello,

I just upgraded my VOXL2 from voxl2_platform_0.9.5 to voxl2_SDK_1.1.1 and noticed that my suite of sensors is not running properly anymore. I have a ToF, hires IMX214, and tracking cameras connected to the VOXL2 and I can see all the cameras streamed correctly on voxl-portal using voxl2_platform_0.9.5.

However, as soon as I flash the new voxl2_SDK_1.1.1 (same problem with voxl2_SDK_1.0) only the ToF camera is shown on the voxl-portal but the tracking and hires do not stream data.

After checking the voxl-inspect-services I can see that the voxl-camera-service is running correctly even if the tracking and hires cameras are not working.
To double-check the cameras connection I run voxl-camera-service 4 (i.e. only hires and tracking ) and I am able to see the tracking and hires camera working on the voxl-portal.
Same if I run only ToF with voxl-camera-service 9 as the ToF is correctly streaming while the other cameras are off.

The problem arises only once I set voxl-camera-service 6 which is supposed to run all the 3 cameras but only the ToF is streamed while the hires and tracking are stuck.

To finish double check things I quickly changed the voxl sdk to 0.9.5 and after setting voxl-camera-service 6 everything worked fine again and all the 3 cameras were streamed correctly confirming that it was not a hardware problem but a software condition.

What can I do to solve this problem? I need to use the new SDK since it has a lot of advantages w.r.t. 0.9.5 but of course I need all the cameras to work properly.

Thank you very much for your time and I can send you more info, including screenshots if needed.

Thanks a lot

Hello,

I noticed on your website the new Starling product and it looks great. The same link mentions that "Optional Doodle Labs Microhard or 4G/5G for cellular carrier-based networks ".

What is the lead time for a Starling while mounting the Doodle Labs radio?

Thanks a lot for your time and availability

Hello,

I need more information regarding the power consumption of the VOXL2 board so that I can try to extend the battery life that powers the board whenever possible.

How much power does the VOXL2 board consume in idle mode? Is there a way to reduce the energy consumption of the board by putting the QRB5165 in sleep mode and waiting for an external event to wake it up? Is there a detailed datasheet of the QRB5165 chip that I can look at?

Any info will be highly appreciated,

Thank you very much for your time

Can anyone help with this issue? This is very important for me as well. Thanks

@Matt-Turi thank you very much. Really appreciate your help

@modaltb, @Matt-Turi,

can you guys share a timeline for the beta release of the system image that supports ToF on VOXL 2? It has been weeks now that I am checking the website every day but still can't see the release. Thanks a lot for your time

@modaltb, @Matt-Turi,

any news on the release of the ToF installation for VOXL2? Even a beta version with little instructions on how to install it will be great. Really hope to have this feature soon and thank you very much for your hard work.

Best,