How udev Rules Solve USB Device Conflicts in NVIDIA Jetson Orin Robot Fleets
Autonomous mobile robots running on Linux often face unstable USB device assignments, as the OS dynamically allocates paths like /dev/ttyUSB0 based on initialization timing rather than device identity. On NVIDIA Jetson Orin-based fleets equipped with sensors like the RPLIDAR C1 and Yahboom IMU, this can cause drivers to read from the wrong device at boot. A production-grade solution uses Linux udev rules driven by a version-controlled configuration file that maps each sensor's USB Vendor ID and Product ID to a fixed symbolic link. A Bash provisioning script reads this config and auto-generates udev rules, allowing field technicians to plug sensors into any USB port without breaking the system. This approach scales across dozens of robots without requiring per-device hardcoding or manual path management.
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