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2026-03-05CogitatorExplorator

Wireless Telemetry

In the last post, I got the communication between Cogitator and Explorator working, but with a couple of constraints:

  • The telemetry data was not being generated by Instinctus—it was just dummy data created inside Cogitator.
  • Both Cogitator and Explorator were running on my Mac.

Since then, I made a small step forward by installing Cogitator on the Jetson Orin Nano and running it inside the NVIDIA Docker container that provides access to the NVIDIA software stack and device hardware. I was able to connect to the Jetson from my Mac over Wi-Fi and stream dummy data to Explorator. Basically, the same thing I did before, but now the communication works between the two devices.

The final step in this communications chain is to get the data out of Instinctus, send it to the Jetson via serial, and then pass it through Cogitator to Explorator. I’m still waiting for the Teensy to arrive, so in the meantime I’ll work on refining Explorator and planning the next services to implement in Cogitator.