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72-72: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winDocument the ESP32 CAN hardware configuration.
esp32_cantargets the EVTV ESP32-Due by default, and other boards may require different CAN TX/RX pins. Document the selected ESP32 variant, CAN TX/RX pins, transceiver-enable pin, and library version before standardizing this design.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/ads/aiads_interface/asb.md`:
- Line 10: Update the heartbeat behavior described in asb.md so sensor-value
changes do not count as heartbeats; require periodic heartbeat or status frames
and monitor their arrival or sequence independently of payload values, including
when sensor values remain constant.
- Line 3: Update the ASB documentation around the supervisor and hardware
watchdog description to define the heartbeat period, watchdog deadline, startup
grace period, and action after a missed heartbeat. Keep the 100 ms FSG
digital-signal monitoring timeout distinct from the hardware-watchdog timeout,
and cite the exact applicable FSG ruleset.
In `@docs/ads/aiads_interface/overview.md`:
- Line 72: Update the CAN bus description in the ESP communication section to
explicitly state that the bus has exactly two 120 Ω termination resistors, with
one installed at each physical end of the bus rather than on every ESP node.
- Line 72: Correct the documentation wording at
docs/ads/aiads_interface/overview.md lines 72 and 77: fix “pre-existing,”
“ohms,” the unified-CAN sentence, “compatibility,” and “unnecessary.” Also
change “permissable” to “permissible” at docs/ads/aiads_interface/asb.md line 7.
- Around line 7-66: The documentation uses inconsistent safety-system
terminology; update the overview and matching mkdocs.yml navigation label to use
canonical “Autonomous System Brake (ASB)” and “Emergency Brake System (EBS)”
terms, correcting “Break ESP” to “Brake ESP” and “ESB” to “EBS” while leaving
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In `@docs/ads/aiads_interface/overview.md`:
- Line 72: Update the ESP32 CAN hardware description to document the selected
ESP32 variant, CAN TX and RX pins, transceiver-enable pin, and exact esp32_can
library version; retain the existing wiring and termination details while making
the configuration explicit before standardizing the design.
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| The ASB serves to allow the autonomous system to slow itself down, however the supervisor for this system is very mission critical and such it also has the option to trigger the ShutDown Circuit and in turn the Emergency System Break. The supervisor should monitor the other electronic systems to ensure they do not stall (if they do: SDC), and is itself monitored by a hardware watchdog that requires a heartbeat or else it will trigger the SDC. | |||
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Define the hardware-watchdog timing contract.
The document gives 100 ms as a reasonable CAN signal-monitoring interval, but it does not define the ASB heartbeat period or the hardware-watchdog deadline. Keep the FSG digital-signal timeout separate from the watchdog timeout. Add the startup grace period, missed-heartbeat action, and exact applicable FSG ruleset reference.
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In `@docs/ads/aiads_interface/asb.md` at line 3, Update the ASB documentation
around the supervisor and hardware watchdog description to define the heartbeat
period, watchdog deadline, startup grace period, and action after a missed
heartbeat. Keep the 100 ms FSG digital-signal monitoring timeout distinct from
the hardware-watchdog timeout, and cite the exact applicable FSG ruleset.
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| It monitors the CANbus to ensure that no system has stalled. Every system should update the values associated with it every X amount of time. If they fail to do so, the supervisor should trigger the SDC. 100ms is a reasonable time for this if CANbus is at 50Hz (FSG Rules define 500ms as the longest digital signal timeout permissable). | ||
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| - ESPs sensor data changing should constitute a heartbeat |
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Do not make sensor-value changes the heartbeat.
A valid signal can remain constant, such as zero speed or fixed steering. If the payload must change to count as a heartbeat, the supervisor can falsely trigger the SDC. Require periodic heartbeat or status frames and monitor frame arrival or sequence independently of payload values.
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In `@docs/ads/aiads_interface/asb.md` at line 10, Update the heartbeat behavior
described in asb.md so sensor-value changes do not count as heartbeats; require
periodic heartbeat or status frames and monitor their arrival or sequence
independently of payload values, including when sensor values remain constant.
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| Interface is the layer that stands between the control team on software and the integration team on hardware. This means that we will be getting in details as to what acceleration and steering angle to reach from Control's ROS node, using that to dictate how the various actuators and motors around the car operate, reading data back from a number of sensors we have, and adjusting based off of that. We also have to monitor the systems we create to ensure they do not fail, and if they do we engage the Shut Down Circuit (SDC) to shut the car down and engage the Emergency Braking System (EBS). | ||
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| subgraph Ethernet | ||
| JT["Autonomous Software Stack Jetson"] | ||
| PI["Raspberry Pi/Jetson"] | ||
| NT["Nanotec N5"] | ||
| JT <--> PI | ||
| PI <--> NT | ||
| end | ||
| ZX["ZedX"] | ||
| XS["XSens"] | ||
| SM["Steering Motor"] | ||
| ZX --> JT | ||
| XS --> JT | ||
| NT --> SM | ||
| PI <-- USB --> PK | ||
| subgraph CAN bus | ||
| PK["PEAK PCAN-LINK"] | ||
| TE["Throttle ESP"] | ||
| SE["Steering ESP"] | ||
| CE["Clutch ESP"] | ||
| GE["Gear ESP"] | ||
| BE["Break ESP"] | ||
| HE["HMI ESP"] | ||
| AHE["Auxillary Health ESP"] | ||
| DS["DEWEsoft Logger"] | ||
| ME["Microsquirt ECU"] | ||
| subgraph ASB Supervisor | ||
| AS["ASB Supervisor ESP"] | ||
| HW["Hardware Watchdog"] | ||
| AS -- Heartbeat --> HW | ||
| end | ||
| TE .-> AS | ||
| SE .-> AS | ||
| CE .-> AS | ||
| GE .-> AS | ||
| BE .-> AS | ||
| HE .-> AS | ||
| ME .-> AS | ||
| PK <--> TE | ||
| PK <--> SE | ||
| PK <--> CE | ||
| PK <--> GE | ||
| PK <--> BE | ||
| PK <--> HE | ||
| PK <--> AHE | ||
| PK <--> AS | ||
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| end | ||
| SDC["SDC Latch"] | ||
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| - Monitors Autonomous System Brake (ASB) and ESB, if checks fail, engages SDC. |
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Citations:
- 1: https://www.formulastudent.de/fileadmin/user_upload/all/2026/rules/FS-Rules_2026_v1.1.pdf
- 2: https://www.formulastudent.de/fileadmin/user_upload/all/2026/rules/FS-Rules_2026_v1.0.pdf
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Use the canonical ASB and EBS terminology.
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Break ESP→Brake ESPAutonomous System Break→Autonomous System BrakeEmergency Braking SystemandEmergency System Break→Emergency Brake System (EBS)ESB→EBS
Update the matching mkdocs.yml navigation label. Keep ESP unchanged because the repository does not define it as a safety-system abbreviation.
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mkdocs.yml navigation label to use canonical “Autonomous System Brake (ASB)” and
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| - Each of the ESPs listed in the diagram needs to be programmed to deal with targets for its relevant domain and be able to adjust itself to achieve those (PID?) | ||
| - Each of the ESPs needs to be able to communicate over CAN bus a unified. This uses a 20AWG twisted pair as the wire, an Adafruit CAN Pal on each ESP32, the inbuilt TWAI controller driver using a prexisting [library](https://github.com/collin80/esp32_can). The twisted pair needs to be terminated with 120 omhs. |
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Document both CAN termination points.
State which two physical bus ends receive 120 Ω termination. The current wording can be read as one resistor or as termination on every node. High-speed CAN uses one 120 Ω terminator at each bus end. (nxp.com)
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In `@docs/ads/aiads_interface/overview.md` at line 72, Update the CAN bus
description in the ESP communication section to explicitly state that the bus
has exactly two 120 Ω termination resistors, with one installed at each physical
end of the bus rather than on every ESP node.
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Correct spelling and wording in the implementation guidance.
docs/ads/aiads_interface/overview.md#L72-L72: Correctpre-existing,ohms, and the unified-CAN sentence.docs/ads/aiads_interface/overview.md#L77-L77: Correctcompatibilityandunnecessary.docs/ads/aiads_interface/asb.md#L7-L7: Changepermissabletopermissible.
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Adds documentation on the interface system we are planning to implement over the coming year
📝 Description
Adds documentation for the planned AI/ADS interface system. The changes define the ASB Supervisor, monitored CANbus systems, fault conditions, system topology, and Raspberry Pi/Jetson responsibilities. The update also adds the ASB page to the MkDocs navigation.
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