Hi Ivan,

I've done some work with phidgets in ROS. Can you comment on differences
between your package and existing ones?

1) By Bob Mottram, rather extensive : https://launchpad.net/phidgets-ros-pkg
2) By Tully Foote, only RFID? : http://ros.org/wiki/phidgets

Thanks,
Doug


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> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:10:42 -0400
> From: Ivan Dryanovski <ivan.dryanovski@gmail.com>
> To: User discussions <ros-users@code.ros.org>
> Subject: [ros-users] ccny-ros-pkg release: phidgets_drivers
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> Hi everyone,
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> We have put together a small stack with drivers for Phidgets devices:
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> http://www.ros.org/wiki/phidgets_drivers
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> The stack contains a package that downloads and installs the official
> Phidgets C API, as well as a C++ API which we've written on top of it.
> The C++ API provides a single Phidget class which specific devices can
> inherit from. We have currently implemented two Phidgets: the
> PhidgetSpatial 3/3/3 IMU and the Phidget IR, as well as ROS nodes for
> both of them.
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> Extending the stack with more Phidget device classes should be fairly
> easy using the API.
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> More info is available at the wiki pages. As always, we welcome any
> feedback and suggestions.
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> Cheers,
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> Ivan
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> Ivan Dryanovski
> Research Assistant, CCNY Robotics Lab
> City University of New York (CUNY)
> http://robotics.ccny.cuny.edu/People/Dryanovski
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