overland-controller/firmware/xiao-esp32c6-sensor-node/README.md

XIAO ESP32-C6 Sensor Node

This Arduino sketch reads a BNO086 IMU and MAX-M10S GPS and publishes versioned, newline-delimited JSON over the Seeed RS485 expansion board. It produces vehicle telemetry only; Cargo remains the controller and /api/v1 authority.

Function	XIAO pin
RS485 DE / TX / RX	D2 / D4 / D5
BNO086 SDA / SCL	D7 / D8
GPS TX to XIAO RX	D9
GPS RX from XIAO TX	D10

Power both sensors from 3.3V with shared ground. Required Arduino libraries are Adafruit BNO08x, TinyGPSPlus, and ArduinoJson 6.x. Enable USB CDC On Boot for diagnostics. GPS uses hardware UART0 and RS485 uses hardware UART1.

The node sends sensor_status at 115200 baud every 200 ms. See docs/SENSOR_NODE_PROTOCOL.md. The initial firmware is transmit-only; add a dashboard receiver after bench-testing the node, RS485 polarity, and sensor axes.