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micro-ROS: agent, rclc client API, micro_ros_setup, custom transports, static memory.
micro-ROS: agent, rclc client API, micro_ros_setup, custom transports, static memory.
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Experimental; not validated on MCU hardware. An MCU and a micro-ROS agent connection were unavailable for this release. Treat these source pointers and examples as a starting point to verify against your board, transport and Jazzy versions, not as proof that a firmware configuration works.
micro-ROS connects constrained MCUs to the ROS 2 DDS graph via micro_ros_agent and rclc over Micro XRCE-DDS. RMW_UXRCE_ALLOW_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATIONS=OFF prevents dynamic growth of the RMW's static pools; it does not guarantee zero heap allocation throughout the firmware. See the Jazzy RMW configuration for the flag's scope.
| For | Entry point |
|---|---|
| Tutorials, supported boards, transports | https://micro.ros.org/ |
Firmware build system (micro_ros_setup) | https://github.com/micro-ROS/micro_ros_setup |
rclc executor / node API source | https://github.com/ros2/rclc |
rclc in C)#include <rcl/rcl.h>
#include <rclc/rclc.h>
#include <rclc/executor.h>
#include <std_msgs/msg/int32.h>
int main(void) {
rcl_allocator_t allocator = rcl_get_default_allocator();
rclc_support_t support = {0};
rcl_node_t node = {0};
rcl_publisher_t pub = {0};
rclc_support_init(&support, 0, NULL, &allocator);
rclc_node_init_default(&node, "mcu_node", "", &support);
rclc_publisher_init_default(&pub, &node, ROSIDL_GET_MSG_TYPE_SUPPORT(std_msgs, msg, Int32), "chatter");
// Clean up
rcl_publisher_fini(&pub, &node);
rcl_node_fini(&node);
rclc_support_fini(&support);
return 0;
}
# Serial Transport (e.g. UART to USB)
ros2 run micro_ros_agent micro_ros_agent serial --dev /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 115200
# UDP Transport
ros2 run micro_ros_agent micro_ros_agent udp4 --port 8888
| Symptom | Likely root cause | Action |
|---|---|---|
| MCU node vanishes from graph after MCU reset, agent still running | XRCE session not re-created; firmware assumes a one-time init | Add a reconnect state machine: rmw_uros_ping_agent() periodically, re-init entities on failure |
rclc_support_init returns error on the MCU | Transport not reachable (wrong serial dev/baud, UDP port/IP) | Run the agent with -v6 verbose and watch for session establishment; verify transport config in firmware |
| Publisher works but subscriber callback never fires | Executor never spun, or rclc_executor_init handle count smaller than the number of subscriptions/timers | Spin the executor in the main loop; count every subscription+timer+service in num_handles |
| Hard fault / crash when publishing string or sequence messages | Message memory not allocated — rclc doesn't auto-allocate unbounded fields | Allocate with micro_ros_utilities_create_message_memory or assign static buffers before publishing |
| Large messages never arrive | Payload exceeds XRCE-DDS stream/MTU buffer configured in the firmware | Increase the transport MTU/stream buffer in the colcon.meta / transport config, or shrink the message |
| Best-effort topics flood then stall on serial | Serial bandwidth saturated: publish rate x message size exceeds baud rate | Lower publish rate, raise baud rate, or switch to UDP transport |
name: ros2-microros description: "micro-ROS: agent, rclc client API, micro_ros_setup, custom transports, static memory."
---
name: ros2-microros
description: "micro-ROS: agent, rclc client API, micro_ros_setup, custom transports, static memory."
---
# micro-ROS Instructions (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS & ROS 2 Jazzy)
> **Experimental; not validated on MCU hardware.** An MCU and a micro-ROS agent
> connection were unavailable for this release. Treat these source pointers and
> examples as a starting point to verify against your board, transport and Jazzy
> versions, not as proof that a firmware configuration works.
## 1. Architecture
micro-ROS connects constrained MCUs to the ROS 2 DDS graph via `micro_ros_agent` and `rclc` over Micro XRCE-DDS. `RMW_UXRCE_ALLOW_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATIONS=OFF` prevents dynamic growth of the RMW's static pools; it does not guarantee zero heap allocation throughout the firmware. See the [Jazzy RMW configuration](https://github.com/micro-ROS/rmw_microxrcedds/blob/jazzy/README.md) for the flag's scope.
## 2. Documentation Entry Points
| For | Entry point |
| :--- | :--- |
| Tutorials, supported boards, transports | `https://micro.ros.org/` |
| Firmware build system (`micro_ros_setup`) | `https://github.com/micro-ROS/micro_ros_setup` |
| `rclc` executor / node API source | `https://github.com/ros2/rclc` |
## 3. Key Concepts & Patterns
### A. Embedded Client Node Setup (`rclc` in C)
```c
#include <rcl/rcl.h>
#include <rclc/rclc.h>
#include <rclc/executor.h>
#include <std_msgs/msg/int32.h>
int main(void) {
rcl_allocator_t allocator = rcl_get_default_allocator();
rclc_support_t support = {0};
rcl_node_t node = {0};
rcl_publisher_t pub = {0};
rclc_support_init(&support, 0, NULL, &allocator);
rclc_node_init_default(&node, "mcu_node", "", &support);
rclc_publisher_init_default(&pub, &node, ROSIDL_GET_MSG_TYPE_SUPPORT(std_msgs, msg, Int32), "chatter");
// Clean up
rcl_publisher_fini(&pub, &node);
rcl_node_fini(&node);
rclc_support_fini(&support);
return 0;
}
```
### B. Micro-ROS Agent Execution
```bash
# Serial Transport (e.g. UART to USB)
ros2 run micro_ros_agent micro_ros_agent serial --dev /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 115200
# UDP Transport
ros2 run micro_ros_agent micro_ros_agent udp4 --port 8888
```
## 4. Symptom -> Root Cause -> Action
| Symptom | Likely root cause | Action |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| MCU node vanishes from graph after MCU reset, agent still running | XRCE session not re-created; firmware assumes a one-time init | Add a reconnect state machine: `rmw_uros_ping_agent()` periodically, re-init entities on failure |
| `rclc_support_init` returns error on the MCU | Transport not reachable (wrong serial dev/baud, UDP port/IP) | Run the agent with `-v6` verbose and watch for session establishment; verify transport config in firmware |
| Publisher works but subscriber callback never fires | Executor never spun, or `rclc_executor_init` handle count smaller than the number of subscriptions/timers | Spin the executor in the main loop; count every subscription+timer+service in `num_handles` |
| Hard fault / crash when publishing string or sequence messages | Message memory not allocated — rclc doesn't auto-allocate unbounded fields | Allocate with `micro_ros_utilities_create_message_memory` or assign static buffers before publishing |
| Large messages never arrive | Payload exceeds XRCE-DDS stream/MTU buffer configured in the firmware | Increase the transport MTU/stream buffer in the colcon.meta / transport config, or shrink the message |
| Best-effort topics flood then stall on serial | Serial bandwidth saturated: publish rate x message size exceeds baud rate | Lower publish rate, raise baud rate, or switch to UDP transport |
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