LED strip support for ROS

led_msgs package

Common messages for LEDs.

ws281x package

ws281x LED strip driver for ROS (for a Raspberry Pi only for now). Based on the rpi_ws281x library.

Running without root permissions

To allow running the node without root permissions set the setuid bit to the executable:

sudo chown root:root $(catkin_find ws281x ws281x_node)
sudo chmod +s $(catkin_find ws281x ws281x_node)

Additional information

These packages are used in Clover drone ROS platform. Read more in the Clover documentation.

RPi binaries (armhf, ROS Melodic/Noetic, Buster) are available at http://packages.coex.tech.