
During their work on the solarcaratuva/Rivanna3 repository, this developer built and integrated a cross-board HeartBeat system for real-time health monitoring across Powerboard, WheelBoard, and TelemetryBoard. Using C++ and leveraging CAN Bus communication, they designed a class-based HeartBeat library that enabled periodic health checks, timeout detection, and automatic failure handling within embedded systems. Their approach included adapting the WheelCANInterface, resolving compile-time issues, and ensuring robust memory management. The resulting system improved reliability and data integrity by providing proactive fault detection and safer failover, demonstrating depth in object-oriented programming and embedded real-time systems over a focused two-month period.

March 2025: Implemented the HeartBeat System for inter-board health monitoring in Rivanna3, introducing a class-based HeartBeat library with CAN interface integration and main-loop adoption. This provides periodic health checks, timeout management, and automatic handling of board failures, enhancing fault detection and system resilience. The feature achieved a successful compile on the powerboard and is ready for broader deployment. Key commits guided the evolution from draft to stable release (initial draft, object-oriented rewrite, powerboard compilation, pointer bug fixes, API cleanup, and final merge stabilization).
March 2025: Implemented the HeartBeat System for inter-board health monitoring in Rivanna3, introducing a class-based HeartBeat library with CAN interface integration and main-loop adoption. This provides periodic health checks, timeout management, and automatic handling of board failures, enhancing fault detection and system resilience. The feature achieved a successful compile on the powerboard and is ready for broader deployment. Key commits guided the evolution from draft to stable release (initial draft, object-oriented rewrite, powerboard compilation, pointer bug fixes, API cleanup, and final merge stabilization).
February 2025 (Rivanna3): Implemented cross-board heartbeat signaling and timeout monitoring across Powerboard, WheelBoard, and TelemetryBoard; adapted WheelCANInterface to process HeartBeat messages; added timeout detection and periodic heartbeats to improve system health and reliability. Initial heartbeat integration faced compile-time errors, which were resolved through iterative fixes and alignment across commits, resulting in a robust heartbeat management layer and improved telemetry timing.
February 2025 (Rivanna3): Implemented cross-board heartbeat signaling and timeout monitoring across Powerboard, WheelBoard, and TelemetryBoard; adapted WheelCANInterface to process HeartBeat messages; added timeout detection and periodic heartbeats to improve system health and reliability. Initial heartbeat integration faced compile-time errors, which were resolved through iterative fixes and alignment across commits, resulting in a robust heartbeat management layer and improved telemetry timing.
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