Test environment¶
This document describes a test environment used for the ROS2 real-time tests
Hardware¶
Two hardware platforms:
Hardware architecture
Intel x86_64
ARM v8
Number of CPU cores => 4
Amount of RAM => 8 GB
Supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS release
ARM¶
Raspberry Pi 4 8 GB RAM, 4 CPU cores or similar
Intel¶
any Intel PC with 8 GB RAM, 4 CPU cores
Software¶
We use ROS2 Foxy release and Ubuntu 20.04 which is a Tier 1 platform as described in the Release information.
ROS2 foxy release¶
Prebuilt Debian packages from Installing ROS 2 via Debian Packages
Latest Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (ISO image)¶
Latest Stable PREEMPT_RT Kernel¶
PREEMPT_RT Kernel is built using these instructions