# PMU 6S node

This board monitors the battery (voltage and current) and allows to control charging, source and load. It might be useful for applications where you need to control the power of the drone including the board computer and charging process.

pmu_cover

# 1. DroneCAN interface

This node interacts with the following messages:

№ type message
1 publisher uavcan.equipment.power.BatteryInfo (opens new window)
2 publisher uavcan.equipment.power.CircuitStatus (opens new window)
3 publisher inno_msgs.PmuStatus
4 subscriber inno_msgs.PmuChargerControl
5 subscriber inno_msgs.PmuPowerControl
6 subscriber inno_msgs.PmuLoadControl
№ type message
1 RPC-service uavcan.protocol.param (opens new window)
2 RPC-service uavcan.protocol.RestartNode (opens new window)
3 RPC-service uavcan.protocol.GetTransportStats (opens new window)

# 2. Main function description

This board monitor:

  1. battery voltage (PA0, k=13.91)
  2. 5V voltage (PA1, k=2)
  3. charger contact status (PB4)
  4. load current (PA3, 60 Ampers ~ 3.15V)

and controls:

  1. connect the charger (PB6)
  2. enable load (autopilot, motors, etc) (PB7)
  3. enable jetson (PB5)

battery_info_msg

pmu_status_msg

# 3. Parameters

pmu_params

# 4. Usage example on a table

broadcast(uavcan.thirdparty.inno_msgs.PmuChargerControl(cmd=0))
broadcast(uavcan.thirdparty.inno_msgs.PmuChargerControl(cmd=1))

broadcast(uavcan.thirdparty.inno_msgs.PmuPowerControl(cmd=0))
broadcast(uavcan.thirdparty.inno_msgs.PmuPowerControl(cmd=1))

broadcast(uavcan.thirdparty.inno_msgs.PmuLoadControl(cmd=0))
broadcast(uavcan.thirdparty.inno_msgs.PmuLoadControl(cmd=1))

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