最近老板安排任务，要把ROS框架在ARM+FPGA平台上实现。但是使用ROS创建程序步骤繁琐，所以这次将官方文档上面的Demo简化写下来，方便以后查看。
ROS版本：Hydro
Linux版本：Ubuntu12.04
在开始第一个ROS(Robot Operating System)程序之前，确保已经按照官方教程（点击打开链接）成功安装了ROS。本文建立的是一个非常简单的发布（Publisher）、订阅(Subscriber)程序。
创建一个工作区（workspace）
工作区可以作为一个独立的项目进行编译，存放ROS程序的源文件、编译文件和执行文件。建立工作区的方法如下：
$ mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ catkin_init_workspace$ cd ~/catkin_ws/
$ catkin_make这时候，会在当前文件夹下生成devel，build这两个子文件夹，在devel文件夹下能看到几个setup.*sh文件。
接下来把工作区在bash中注册
$ source devel/setup.bash$ echo $ROS_PACKAGE_PATH
/home/youruser/catkin_ws/src:/opt/ros/indigo/share:/opt/ros/indigo/stacks创建一个ROS工程包（Package）
在一个工作区内，可能会包含多个ROS工程包。而最基本ROS工程包中会包括CmakeLists.txt和Package.xml这两个文件，其中Package.xml中主要包含本项目信息和各种依赖（depends），而CmakeLists.txt中包含了如何编译和安装代码的信息。首先切换到工作区：
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ catkin_create_pkg beginner_tutorials std_msgs rospy roscpp
$ cd ~/catkin_ws
$ catkin_make一个简单的发布（Publisher）、订阅(Subscriber)程序
写一个发布（Publisher）节点
节点（node）是连接到ROS网络中可执行的基本单元。我们在这创建一个发布者---“talker”节点，这个节点持续对外发布消息。
首先我们要把目录切换到我们的beginner_tutorials工程包中
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src/beginner_tutorials
$ cd src
#include "ros/ros.h"
#include "std_msgs/String.h"
#include <sstream>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
/**
* The ros::init() function needs to see argc and argv so that it can perform
* any ROS arguments and name remapping that were provided at the command line. For programmatic
* remappings you can use a different version of init() which takes remappings
* directly, but for most command-line programs, passing argc and argv is the easiest
* way to do it. The third argument to init() is the name of the node.
*
* You must call one of the versions of ros::init() before using any other
* part of the ROS system.
*/
ros::init(argc, argv, "talker");
/**
* NodeHandle is the main access point to communications with the ROS system.
* The first NodeHandle constructed will fully initialize this node, and the last
* NodeHandle destructed will close down the node.
*/
ros::NodeHandle n;
/**
* The advertise() function is how you tell ROS that you want to
* publish on a given topic name. This invokes a call to the ROS
* master node, which keeps a registry of who is publishing and who
* is subscribing. After this advertise() call is made, the master
* node will notify anyone who is trying to subscribe to this topic name,
* and they will in turn negotiate a peer-to-peer connection with this
* node. advertise() returns a Publisher object which allows you to
* publish messages on that topic through a call to publish(). Once
* all copies of the returned Publisher object are destroyed, the topic
* will be automatically unadvertised.
*
* The second parameter to advertise() is the size of the message queue
* used for publishing messages. If messages are published more quickly
* than we can send them, the number here specifies how many messages to
* buffer up before throwing some away.
*/
ros::Publisher chatter_pub = n.advertise<std_msgs::String>("chatter", 1000);
ros::Rate loop_rate(10);
/**
* A count of how many messages we have sent. This is used to create
* a unique string for each message.
*/
int count = 0;
while (ros::ok())
{
/**
* This is a message object. You stuff it with data, and then publish it.
*/
std_msgs::String msg;
std::stringstream ss;
ss << "hello world " << count;
msg.data = ss.str();
ROS_INFO("%s", msg.data.c_str());
/**
* The publish() function is how you send messages. The parameter
* is the message object. The type of this object must agree with the type
* given as a template parameter to the advertise<>() call, as was done
* in the constructor above.
*/
chatter_pub.publish(msg);
ros::spinOnce();
loop_rate.sleep();
++count;
}
return 0;
}写一个订阅（Subscriber）节点
还是在src目录下，创建一个listener.cpp文件。内容如下：
#include "ros/ros.h"
#include "std_msgs/String.h"
/**
* This tutorial demonstrates simple receipt of messages over the ROS system.
*/
void chatterCallback(const std_msgs::String::ConstPtr& msg)
{
ROS_INFO("I heard: [%s]", msg->data.c_str());
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
/**
* The ros::init() function needs to see argc and argv so that it can perform
* any ROS arguments and name remapping that were provided at the command line. For programmatic
* remappings you can use a different version of init() which takes remappings
* directly, but for most command-line programs, passing argc and argv is the easiest
* way to do it. The third argument to init() is the name of the node.
*
* You must call one of the versions of ros::init() before using any other
* part of the ROS system.
*/
ros::init(argc, argv, "listener");
/**
* NodeHandle is the main access point to communications with the ROS system.
* The first NodeHandle constructed will fully initialize this node, and the last
* NodeHandle destructed will close down the node.
*/
ros::NodeHandle n;
/**
* The subscribe() call is how you tell ROS that you want to receive messages
* on a given topic. This invokes a call to the ROS
* master node, which keeps a registry of who is publishing and who
* is subscribing. Messages are passed to a callback function, here
* called chatterCallback. subscribe() returns a Subscriber object that you
* must hold on to until you want to unsubscribe. When all copies of the Subscriber
* object go out of scope, this callback will automatically be unsubscribed from
* this topic.
*
* The second parameter to the subscribe() function is the size of the message
* queue. If messages are arriving faster than they are being processed, this
* is the number of messages that will be buffered up before beginning to throw
* away the oldest ones.
*/
ros::Subscriber sub = n.subscribe("chatter", 1000, chatterCallback);
/**
* ros::spin() will enter a loop, pumping callbacks. With this version, all
* callbacks will be called from within this thread (the main one). ros::spin()
* will exit when Ctrl-C is pressed, or the node is shutdown by the master.
*/
ros::spin();
return 0;
}编译创建的节点
在编译我们创建的节点之前，我们还需要编辑Cmakelist.txt文件（注意：是beginner_tutorials项目包下的CMakelist文件），告诉编辑器我们需要编辑什么文件，需要什么依赖。
$ gedit CMakeLists.txt
include_directories(include ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS})
add_executable(talker src/talker.cpp)
target_link_libraries(talker ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
add_dependencies(talker beginner_tutorials_generate_messages_cpp)
add_executable(listener src/listener.cpp)
target_link_libraries(listener ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
add_dependencies(listener beginner_tutorials_generate_messages_cpp)将目录切换到工作区目录，并执行catkin_make运行命令：
$ cd ~/catkin_ws
$ catkin_make不出意外的话，会出现如下界面：
至此，程序已经创建完成，而接下来我们要检查一下我们创建的程序是否正确。
测试程序的正确性
首先，我们得要启动ROS核心程序roscore。
$ roscore在使用我们的程序之前，需要先把程序注册
$ cd ~/catkin_ws
$ source ./devel/setup.bash运行talker节点：
$ rosrun beginner_tutorials talker 这时候会看到如下信息：
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931831.774057] hello world 1314931831.77
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931832.775497] hello world 1314931832.77
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931833.778937] hello world 1314931833.78
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931834.782059] hello world 1314931834.78
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931835.784853] hello world 1314931835.78
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931836.788106] hello world 1314931836.79
接下来运行listener节点：
$ rosrun beginner_tutorials listener这时候会看到如下信息：
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931969.258941] /listener_17657_1314931968795I heard hello world 1314931969.26
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931970.262246] /listener_17657_1314931968795I heard hello world 1314931970.26
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931971.266348] /listener_17657_1314931968795I heard hello world 1314931971.26
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931972.270429] /listener_17657_1314931968795I heard hello world 1314931972.27
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931973.274382] /listener_17657_1314931968795I heard hello world 1314931973.27
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931974.277694] /listener_17657_1314931968795I heard hello world 1314931974.28
[INFO] [WallTime: 1314931975.283708] /listener_17657_1314931968795I heard hello world 1314931975.28