Raspberry Pi ROS Melodic v1.6 Desktop System Release

0x00 System Overview

The released Raspberry Pi system mainly upgrades based on issues raised by users of the previous version. First, the FTP port 21 is opened in the system, which facilitates file transfer operations between our local computer and the Raspberry Pi. Additionally, 64 ROS packages have been compiled, including ecl_thread, aruco_ros, yocs_velocity_smoother, etc. Of course, all other software package source codes have also been synchronized to the official latest version for compilation and installation. Currently, 342 commonly used ROS packages have basically met the needs, but this version has not yet successfully compiled and installed MoveIt!. I will continue to try to compile and install it in the next version.

For other packages that need to be compiled and installed, feel free to send me a message, and I will try to include them in the next version.

0x01 System Download

The latest system can be downloaded from Baidu Cloud. You can download and try it first. If you are satisfied with the system experience, you can purchase the system activation code to activate it for formal use. The trial can only be used for 6 power cycles; after the trial ends, ROS-related functions will stop working. Other functions of the Raspberry Pi will not be affected, and at this point, the system can be used as a regular Raspberry Pi official system. The Baidu Cloud download link is as follows:

The link is as follows

https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ptAMoIqUmifevwDQjjT3mA

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If you have purchased an activation code, there is no need to purchase it again; you can use the previous activation code to activate the newly released system. However, please note that the activation code is bound to the Raspberry Pi mainboard. If you change to a new Raspberry Pi, you will need a new activation code.

0x02 System Activation

If you need to purchase the Raspberry Pi ROS system activation code, you can click the following link to buy it:

https://www.corvin.cn/cdkey-checkout

0x03 Notes

[1]. This Raspberry Pi system image can run on all boards of the Raspberry Pi series, such as Raspberry Pi 4B (the 8G memory version can also be used), Raspberry Pi 3B+, 3B, etc.

[2]. After the system starts, the default username is corvin, and the password is also corvin. The password for the root user is also corvin, and the default password can be changed by the user.

[3]. The system has the SSH server on port 22, VNC server on port 5900, and FTP service on port 21 enabled by default, allowing users to easily connect via SSH, VNC remote desktop, and FTP.

[4]. This system has integrated drivers for the voice board and IMU board, so they can be plugged into the Raspberry Pi for normal use.

[5]. This system is the latest official Raspbian Buster ARM32 system for Raspberry Pi, using source code compiled ROS packages, hence it cannot use apt to install ROS-related packages.

[6]. The activated system SD card can only be used with the Raspberry Pi mainboard it was bound to during activation. If the SD card is inserted into another Raspberry Pi mainboard, ROS functions will be removed.

[7]. After initially writing the system, when the Raspberry Pi starts for the first time, it may not recognize the full capacity of the SD card. You need to use the raspi-config tool to expand the filesystem to recognize the full capacity of the SD card.