
An Nguyen developed and integrated robust CAN-based heartbeat messaging and monitoring systems for the solarcaratuva/Rivanna3 repository, focusing on real-time telemetry and device health diagnostics. Using C and Python, An implemented serialization, deserialization, and message ID retrieval for HeartBeat data, while refactoring legacy structures to streamline code maintenance. The work included end-to-end heartbeat communication across Wheelboard and Powerboard, enhancing system uptime and observability. An also engineered cross-platform firmware upload workflows, introducing WSL ST-LINK integration and macOS support via st-flash, which reduced deployment friction and improved reliability. The contributions demonstrated depth in embedded systems, CLI automation, and code maintainability.

In April 2025, Rivanna3 gained cross‑platform firmware upload workflow enhancements. WSL ST-LINK integration now supports attaching/detaching ST-Link devices, USB enumeration, and bus-ID based attachment/detachment, with the main upload path updated to use these capabilities on Linux/WSL instead of network drive mapping. macOS firmware uploads are now supported via st-flash, enabling direct board flashing. A refactor replaced the legacy _cmd path with _stlink for upload operations, improving reliability and maintainability. These changes reduce setup friction, enable faster, more reliable firmware deployments, and broaden cross-platform support for developers.
In April 2025, Rivanna3 gained cross‑platform firmware upload workflow enhancements. WSL ST-LINK integration now supports attaching/detaching ST-Link devices, USB enumeration, and bus-ID based attachment/detachment, with the main upload path updated to use these capabilities on Linux/WSL instead of network drive mapping. macOS firmware uploads are now supported via st-flash, enabling direct board flashing. A refactor replaced the legacy _cmd path with _stlink for upload operations, improving reliability and maintainability. These changes reduce setup friction, enable faster, more reliable firmware deployments, and broaden cross-platform support for developers.
February 2025 (Rivanna3) delivered a CAN-based Heartbeat Monitoring System for Wheelboard and Powerboard, significantly improving real-time health visibility and fault isolation. Key outcomes include a new CAN heartbeat message ID, removal of the legacy HeartbeatCANStruct.h to simplify maintenance, and end-to-end enablement of sending/handling heartbeat messages to monitor device status. Documentation updated (README) to verify HeartBeat branch push, ensuring reproducibility and onboarding. Business value: higher system uptime, faster MTTR, and robust health telemetry across both boards.
February 2025 (Rivanna3) delivered a CAN-based Heartbeat Monitoring System for Wheelboard and Powerboard, significantly improving real-time health visibility and fault isolation. Key outcomes include a new CAN heartbeat message ID, removal of the legacy HeartbeatCANStruct.h to simplify maintenance, and end-to-end enablement of sending/handling heartbeat messages to monitor device status. Documentation updated (README) to verify HeartBeat branch push, ensuring reproducibility and onboarding. Business value: higher system uptime, faster MTTR, and robust health telemetry across both boards.
January 2025: Rivanna3 HeartBeat CAN messaging integration delivering telemetry readiness and diagnostics support. Implemented serialization/deserialization, message ID retrieval, and logging for HeartBeat data; updated related CAN command structures for cross-module consistency; established foundational headers HeartbeatCANStruct.h and HeartBeatCAN.h with supporting files to enable reliable HeartBeat data handling.
January 2025: Rivanna3 HeartBeat CAN messaging integration delivering telemetry readiness and diagnostics support. Implemented serialization/deserialization, message ID retrieval, and logging for HeartBeat data; updated related CAN command structures for cross-module consistency; established foundational headers HeartbeatCANStruct.h and HeartBeatCAN.h with supporting files to enable reliable HeartBeat data handling.
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