83 Commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
pgdalmeida	4abfd7cbb2	Explain the raw mosaic and planes layouts in the 12-bit report, and spell out every term in its figure and table captions	2026-10-05 11:39:31 +02:00
pgdalmeida	1fc87bf1ee	Rewrite the 12-bit camera test report as a numbered paper with an abstract, figure and table captions, and units	2026-10-05 11:28:52 +02:00
pgdalmeida	cfd8ba9978	Save raw 12-bit camera frames as 12-bit colour images, keep a waypoint's picture once the image has settled, and hold the scan when saving falls behind	2026-10-05 10:14:53 +02:00
pgdalmeida	d5b037a241	Add camera and image-saving test results for towers 121 and 111, the test tools, and a plan for saving 12-bit images	2026-10-05 08:47:34 +02:00
pgdalmeida	4488a2181d	Set in config.ini whether the tower homes and which mode it starts in, instead of the --init and --start flags	2026-09-30 16:42:48 +02:00
pgdalmeida	f2c61e030e	Let a yaw-only tower aim with gimbal move, and stop it publishing a made-up pitch	2026-09-29 19:50:39 +02:00
pgdalmeida	895c2f22fd	Add a command to keep taking pictures where the gimbal points, drop unused camera commands, and fit the help on one page	2026-09-29 15:48:07 +02:00
pgdalmeida	a21be0d4e8	Take the scan waypoints only from the CSV file, never generate them	2026-09-29 15:02:19 +02:00
pgdalmeida	ab9fa3dbb0	Let a tower set its encoder scale, and send no speed after a failed homing	2026-09-28 18:21:37 +02:00
pgdalmeida	4b73199e8e	Leave a newly installed tower in manual: home at boot, capture only after auto is chosen	2026-09-28 16:20:39 +02:00
pgdalmeida	da9a9867ed	Add a one-file tower bootstrap and a legacy-tower survey, and use an SDK already installed	2026-09-28 16:14:26 +02:00
pgdalmeida	8d81e03a3f	Support the legacy towers' DHT11 and fan, and fix the installer's reflash and test steps	2026-09-28 14:43:05 +02:00
pgdalmeida	e41234f69c	Retake the plain-console screenshot with the mode commands	2026-09-25 19:27:08 +02:00
pgdalmeida	4ad6fb6646	Retake the README screenshots for the new dashboard keys and panel names	2026-09-25 19:23:28 +02:00
pgdalmeida	79225bc3cd	Rework the dashboard keys: a/p/m for modes, n for connectivity, page keys to scroll, heading setup in the activity strip	2026-09-25 18:57:25 +02:00
pgdalmeida	f4e67666d8	Give the tower three modes, auto, pan and manual, switched by command	2026-09-25 17:50:48 +02:00
pgdalmeida	4a69d65afb	Take any console command over MQTT, and answer it	2026-09-25 16:43:45 +02:00
pgdalmeida	9dc9b90f6d	Call the dashboard's messaging panel COMMS, to match its m key	2026-09-25 15:33:39 +02:00
pgdalmeida	50273779a3	Rewrite the README around running a tower, with screenshots and diagrams	2026-09-25 14:59:32 +02:00
pgdalmeida	d8d2fee8af	Test the camera with forced dark and bright settings, and recover a camera that stops sending frames	2026-09-24 17:35:37 +02:00
pgdalmeida	5a0515ab13	Test that the camera delivers frames and follows its settings to black and white	2026-09-24 15:47:58 +02:00
pgdalmeida	e8293f736d	Record that tower 111 comes back by itself after a reboot	2026-09-24 15:06:10 +02:00
pgdalmeida	91cc8af915	Rewrite the running and installing guides for how towers are set up now	2026-09-24 14:59:04 +02:00
pgdalmeida	08c749ca06	Finish migrating tower 111, and check only the pins hardware.ini declares	2026-09-24 09:52:14 +02:00
pgdalmeida	6824a0d580	Migrate tower 111's host, and resume capture after a test instead of leaving it stopped	2026-09-24 09:01:05 +02:00
pgdalmeida	b7c80794b4	Record the flash cost on the Delta board, and the reboot check on tower 121	2026-09-23 23:39:28 +02:00
pgdalmeida	53fa96fb54	Start the program at boot through fgc, so the dashboard still works	2026-09-23 22:39:18 +02:00
pgdalmeida	32ea820877	Add an installer that sets up a tower from scratch or repairs one	2026-09-23 21:15:00 +02:00
pgdalmeida	86f930a671	Add a one-shot test command and a tool that edits the config files safely	2026-09-23 18:52:44 +02:00
pgdalmeida	4049a85b9b	Check the firmware was built with the pins hardware.ini lists	2026-09-23 18:26:14 +02:00
pgdalmeida	7a7e7ab0a5	Record tower 111 has no hardware.ini; BOOTSEL and USB preconditions are solved	2026-09-23 16:49:37 +02:00
pgdalmeida	b6308c1eda	Check the tower is running its own settings, not the firmware's fallback	2026-09-23 16:07:07 +02:00
pgdalmeida	12e23a5fb6	Correct what the plans claim is done, and warn that a pull deletes .deploy.env	2026-09-23 08:31:43 +02:00
pgdalmeida	bd3a568508	Send the whole drivetrain on connect, so a restart is enough to retune	2026-09-23 07:36:23 +02:00
pgdalmeida	fd1df9e93a	Say where the log is in the guides an operator actually reads	2026-09-22 18:18:54 +02:00
pgdalmeida	582047d3a2	Keep a log file, so a tower's record outlives the tmux session	2026-09-22 18:15:09 +02:00
pgdalmeida	7ef2abcd4a	Have the setup kit work out the centre a geared-up rig needs	2026-09-21 23:07:44 +02:00
pgdalmeida	57a166c9a4	Warn when the homed travel falls below zero, and say why the centre matters	2026-09-21 23:06:37 +02:00
pgdalmeida	e2bdc8debf	Trust the firmware's reset-cause name over a decode that cannot be right for both boards	2026-09-21 19:03:55 +02:00
pgdalmeida	816242725a	Add the handshake bring-up runbook (plus the mock/test changes)	2026-09-18 17:36:19 +02:00
pgdalmeida	07de495840	Say which LattePanda a tower actually has	2026-09-18 17:25:27 +02:00
pgdalmeida	041ad2a18f	Understand the NEEDCFG state instead of reading it as a dead link	2026-09-18 17:15:16 +02:00
pgdalmeida	6f88b00856	Write the drivetrain block at install, since the firmware now demands it	2026-09-18 17:06:34 +02:00
pgdalmeida	842d95eeca	Check every declared value, not just the current	2026-09-18 16:44:08 +02:00
pgdalmeida	a554a3fd9c	Record the firmware half of the config handshake	2026-09-18 16:42:57 +02:00
pgdalmeida	522ba072ec	Answer the firmware's NEED lines from hardware.ini	2026-09-18 16:16:04 +02:00
pgdalmeida	579c4ec166	Let a declared sensor enable itself, and retire the duplicate flag	2026-09-18 15:57:10 +02:00
pgdalmeida	b5d1fac4cb	Declare axis speed in degrees per second, not VMAX	2026-09-18 15:44:19 +02:00
pgdalmeida	4f57651c9b	Refuse to start when the rig is missing hardware it declares	2026-09-18 14:50:50 +02:00
pgdalmeida	2191a9d8cb	Record the resolved yaw homing and the hand-written drivetrain block	2026-09-18 13:19:32 +02:00