Ethernet Support

Hardware Companion Computers
1

I notice that the new Holybro Pixhawk 5X has an Ethernet port. Does Ardupilot have support for Ethernet? Thanks.

2

There is work being done in that direction, yes. But it is not part of any stable release yet.

3

Thanks. I see some activity just today on Discord. I’m sure it’s not a coincidence.

4

Will be able to receive the RC channels and send the telemetry through that port?
I mean, using a generic ethernet datalink that does not have a Mavlink telemetry port and SBUS port

it would be a clean and simple solution, connect the datalink, the camera and the flight controller to a 3-port ethernet switch

5

Telemetry is mavlink based. So it just means mavlink over ethernet.

6

My understanding is that data links that support mavlink must inject a Message (RADIO_STATUS) into MAVLink stream. If you use a Ethernet datalink and then connect the pixhawk directly to this ethernet or using a ethernet switch onboard.to connect a gimbal with video over ethernet and the flight controller, Does this messaje also have to be injected?

https://mavlink.io/en/messages/common.html#RADIO_STATUS

7

No, but you do need to provide HEARTBEAT messages

8

For reference here is the Ethernet talk by Sid and TomP at the 2023 developer conference.