/* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . */ // Initial Code by Jon Challinger // Modified by Paul Riseborough #include #include "AP_PitchController.h" extern const AP_HAL::HAL& hal; const AP_Param::GroupInfo AP_PitchController::var_info[] = { // @Param: 2SRV_TCONST // @DisplayName: Pitch Time Constant // @Description: Time constant in seconds from demanded to achieved pitch angle. Most models respond well to 0.5. May be reduced for faster responses, but setting lower than a model can achieve will not help. // @Range: 0.4 1.0 // @Units: s // @Increment: 0.1 // @User: Advanced AP_GROUPINFO("2SRV_TCONST", 0, AP_PitchController, gains.tau, 0.5f), // index 1 to 3 reserved for old PID values // @Param: 2SRV_RMAX_UP // @DisplayName: Pitch up max rate // @Description: Maximum pitch up rate that the pitch controller demands (degrees/sec) in ACRO mode. // @Range: 0 100 // @Units: deg/s // @Increment: 1 // @User: Advanced AP_GROUPINFO("2SRV_RMAX_UP", 4, AP_PitchController, gains.rmax_pos, 0.0f), // @Param: 2SRV_RMAX_DN // @DisplayName: Pitch down max rate // @Description: This sets the maximum nose down pitch rate that the controller will demand (degrees/sec). Setting it to zero disables the limit. // @Range: 0 100 // @Units: deg/s // @Increment: 1 // @User: Advanced AP_GROUPINFO("2SRV_RMAX_DN", 5, AP_PitchController, gains.rmax_neg, 0.0f), // @Param: 2SRV_RLL // @DisplayName: Roll compensation // @Description: Gain added to pitch to keep aircraft from descending or ascending in turns. Increase in increments of 0.05 to reduce altitude loss. Decrease for altitude gain. // @Range: 0.7 1.5 // @Increment: 0.05 // @User: Standard AP_GROUPINFO("2SRV_RLL", 6, AP_PitchController, _roll_ff, 1.0f), // index 7, 8 reserved for old IMAX, FF // @Param: _RATE_P // @DisplayName: Pitch axis rate controller P gain // @Description: Pitch axis rate controller P gain. Converts the difference between desired roll rate and actual roll rate into a motor speed output // @Range: 0.08 0.35 // @Increment: 0.005 // @User: Standard // @Param: _RATE_I // @DisplayName: Pitch axis rate controller I gain // @Description: Pitch axis rate controller I gain. Corrects long-term difference in desired roll rate vs actual roll rate // @Range: 0.01 0.6 // @Increment: 0.01 // @User: Standard // @Param: _RATE_IMAX // @DisplayName: Pitch axis rate controller I gain maximum // @Description: Pitch axis rate controller I gain maximum. Constrains the maximum motor output that the I gain will output // @Range: 0 1 // @Increment: 0.01 // @User: Standard // @Param: _RATE_D // @DisplayName: Pitch axis rate controller D gain // @Description: Pitch axis rate controller D gain. Compensates for short-term change in desired roll rate vs actual roll rate // @Range: 0.001 0.03 // @Increment: 0.001 // @User: Standard // @Param: _RATE_FF // @DisplayName: Pitch axis rate controller feed forward // @Description: Pitch axis rate controller feed forward // @Range: 0 3.0 // @Increment: 0.001 // @User: Standard // @Param: _RATE_FLTT // @DisplayName: Pitch axis rate controller target frequency in Hz // @Description: Pitch axis rate controller target frequency in Hz // @Range: 2 50 // @Increment: 1 // @Units: Hz // @User: Standard // @Param: _RATE_FLTE // @DisplayName: Pitch axis rate controller error frequency in Hz // @Description: Pitch axis rate controller error frequency in Hz // @Range: 2 50 // @Increment: 1 // @Units: Hz // @User: Standard // @Param: _RATE_FLTD // @DisplayName: Pitch axis rate controller derivative frequency in Hz // @Description: Pitch axis rate controller derivative frequency in Hz // @Range: 0 50 // @Increment: 1 // @Units: Hz // @User: Standard // @Param: _RATE_SMAX // @DisplayName: Pitch slew rate limit // @Description: Sets an upper limit on the slew rate produced by the combined P and D gains. If the amplitude of the control action produced by the rate feedback exceeds this value, then the D+P gain is reduced to respect the limit. This limits the amplitude of high frequency oscillations caused by an excessive gain. The limit should be set to no more than 25% of the actuators maximum slew rate to allow for load effects. Note: The gain will not be reduced to less than 10% of the nominal value. A value of zero will disable this feature. // @Range: 0 200 // @Increment: 0.5 // @User: Advanced AP_SUBGROUPINFO(rate_pid, "_RATE_", 11, AP_PitchController, AC_PID), AP_GROUPEND }; AP_PitchController::AP_PitchController(AP_AHRS &ahrs, const AP_Vehicle::FixedWing &parms) : aparm(parms) , _ahrs(ahrs) { AP_Param::setup_object_defaults(this, var_info); rate_pid.set_slew_limit_scale(45); } /* AC_PID based rate controller */ int32_t AP_PitchController::_get_rate_out(float desired_rate, float scaler, bool disable_integrator, float aspeed, bool ground_mode) { const float dt = AP::scheduler().get_loop_period_s(); const float eas2tas = _ahrs.get_EAS2TAS(); bool limit_I = fabsf(_last_out) >= 45; float rate_y = _ahrs.get_gyro().y; float old_I = rate_pid.get_i(); rate_pid.set_dt(dt); bool underspeed = aspeed <= 0.5*float(aparm.airspeed_min); if (underspeed) { limit_I = true; } // the P and I elements are scaled by sq(scaler). To use an // unmodified AC_PID object we scale the inputs and calculate FF separately // // note that we run AC_PID in radians so that the normal scaling // range for IMAX in AC_PID applies (usually an IMAX value less than 1.0) rate_pid.update_all(radians(desired_rate) * scaler * scaler, rate_y * scaler * scaler, limit_I); if (underspeed) { // when underspeed we lock the integrator rate_pid.set_integrator(old_I); } // FF should be scaled by scaler/eas2tas, but since we have scaled // the AC_PID target above by scaler*scaler we need to instead // divide by scaler*eas2tas to get the right scaling const float ff = degrees(rate_pid.get_ff() / (scaler * eas2tas)); if (disable_integrator) { rate_pid.reset_I(); } // convert AC_PID info object to same scale as old controller _pid_info = rate_pid.get_pid_info(); auto &pinfo = _pid_info; const float deg_scale = degrees(1); pinfo.FF = ff; pinfo.P *= deg_scale; pinfo.I *= deg_scale; pinfo.D *= deg_scale; // fix the logged target and actual values to not have the scalers applied pinfo.target = desired_rate; pinfo.actual = degrees(rate_y); // sum components float out = pinfo.FF + pinfo.P + pinfo.I + pinfo.D; if (ground_mode) { // when on ground suppress D and half P term to prevent oscillations out -= pinfo.D + 0.5*pinfo.P; } // remember the last output to trigger the I limit _last_out = out; if (autotune != nullptr && autotune->running && aspeed > aparm.airspeed_min) { // let autotune have a go at the values autotune->update(pinfo, scaler, angle_err_deg); } // output is scaled to notional centidegrees of deflection return constrain_int32(out * 100, -4500, 4500); } /* Function returns an equivalent elevator deflection in centi-degrees in the range from -4500 to 4500 A positive demand is up Inputs are: 1) demanded pitch rate in degrees/second 2) control gain scaler = scaling_speed / aspeed 3) boolean which is true when stabilise mode is active 4) minimum FBW airspeed (metres/sec) 5) maximum FBW airspeed (metres/sec) */ int32_t AP_PitchController::get_rate_out(float desired_rate, float scaler) { float aspeed; if (!_ahrs.airspeed_estimate(aspeed)) { // If no airspeed available use average of min and max aspeed = 0.5f*(float(aparm.airspeed_min) + float(aparm.airspeed_max)); } return _get_rate_out(desired_rate, scaler, false, aspeed, false); } /* get the rate offset in degrees/second needed for pitch in body frame to maintain height in a coordinated turn. Also returns the inverted flag and the estimated airspeed in m/s for use by the rest of the pitch controller */ float AP_PitchController::_get_coordination_rate_offset(float &aspeed, bool &inverted) const { float rate_offset; float bank_angle = _ahrs.roll; // limit bank angle between +- 80 deg if right way up if (fabsf(bank_angle) < radians(90)) { bank_angle = constrain_float(bank_angle,-radians(80),radians(80)); inverted = false; } else { inverted = true; if (bank_angle > 0.0f) { bank_angle = constrain_float(bank_angle,radians(100),radians(180)); } else { bank_angle = constrain_float(bank_angle,-radians(180),-radians(100)); } } if (!_ahrs.airspeed_estimate(aspeed)) { // If no airspeed available use average of min and max aspeed = 0.5f*(float(aparm.airspeed_min) + float(aparm.airspeed_max)); } if (abs(_ahrs.pitch_sensor) > 7000) { // don't do turn coordination handling when at very high pitch angles rate_offset = 0; } else { rate_offset = cosf(_ahrs.pitch)*fabsf(ToDeg((GRAVITY_MSS / MAX((aspeed * _ahrs.get_EAS2TAS()) , MAX(aparm.airspeed_min, 1))) * tanf(bank_angle) * sinf(bank_angle))) * _roll_ff; } if (inverted) { rate_offset = -rate_offset; } return rate_offset; } // Function returns an equivalent elevator deflection in centi-degrees in the range from -4500 to 4500 // A positive demand is up // Inputs are: // 1) demanded pitch angle in centi-degrees // 2) control gain scaler = scaling_speed / aspeed // 3) boolean which is true when stabilise mode is active // 4) minimum FBW airspeed (metres/sec) // 5) maximum FBW airspeed (metres/sec) // int32_t AP_PitchController::get_servo_out(int32_t angle_err, float scaler, bool disable_integrator, bool ground_mode) { // Calculate offset to pitch rate demand required to maintain pitch angle whilst banking // Calculate ideal turn rate from bank angle and airspeed assuming a level coordinated turn // Pitch rate offset is the component of turn rate about the pitch axis float aspeed; float rate_offset; bool inverted; if (gains.tau < 0.05f) { gains.tau.set(0.05f); } rate_offset = _get_coordination_rate_offset(aspeed, inverted); // Calculate the desired pitch rate (deg/sec) from the angle error angle_err_deg = angle_err * 0.01; float desired_rate = angle_err_deg / gains.tau; // limit the maximum pitch rate demand. Don't apply when inverted // as the rates will be tuned when upright, and it is common that // much higher rates are needed inverted if (!inverted) { desired_rate += rate_offset; if (gains.rmax_neg && desired_rate < -gains.rmax_neg) { desired_rate = -gains.rmax_neg; } else if (gains.rmax_pos && desired_rate > gains.rmax_pos) { desired_rate = gains.rmax_pos; } } else { // Make sure not to invert the turn coordination offset desired_rate = -desired_rate + rate_offset; } /* when we are past the users defined roll limit for the aircraft our priority should be to bring the aircraft back within the roll limit. Using elevator for pitch control at large roll angles is ineffective, and can be counter productive as it induces earth-frame yaw which can reduce the ability to roll. We linearly reduce pitch demanded rate when beyond the configured roll limit, reducing to zero at 90 degrees */ float roll_wrapped = labs(_ahrs.roll_sensor); if (roll_wrapped > 9000) { roll_wrapped = 18000 - roll_wrapped; } const float roll_limit_margin = MIN(aparm.roll_limit_cd + 500.0, 8500.0); if (roll_wrapped > roll_limit_margin && labs(_ahrs.pitch_sensor) < 7000) { float roll_prop = (roll_wrapped - roll_limit_margin) / (float)(9000 - roll_limit_margin); desired_rate *= (1 - roll_prop); } return _get_rate_out(desired_rate, scaler, disable_integrator, aspeed, ground_mode); } void AP_PitchController::reset_I() { _pid_info.I = 0; rate_pid.reset_I(); } /* convert from old to new PIDs this is a temporary conversion function during development */ void AP_PitchController::convert_pid() { AP_Float &ff = rate_pid.ff(); if (ff.configured_in_storage()) { return; } float old_ff=0, old_p=1.0, old_i=0.3, old_d=0.08; int16_t old_imax = 3000; bool have_old = AP_Param::get_param_by_index(this, 1, AP_PARAM_FLOAT, &old_p); have_old |= AP_Param::get_param_by_index(this, 3, AP_PARAM_FLOAT, &old_i); have_old |= AP_Param::get_param_by_index(this, 2, AP_PARAM_FLOAT, &old_d); have_old |= AP_Param::get_param_by_index(this, 8, AP_PARAM_FLOAT, &old_ff); have_old |= AP_Param::get_param_by_index(this, 7, AP_PARAM_FLOAT, &old_imax); if (!have_old) { // none of the old gains were set return; } const float kp_ff = MAX((old_p - old_i * gains.tau) * gains.tau - old_d, 0); rate_pid.ff().set_and_save(old_ff + kp_ff); rate_pid.kI().set_and_save_ifchanged(old_i * gains.tau); rate_pid.kP().set_and_save_ifchanged(old_d); rate_pid.kD().set_and_save_ifchanged(0); rate_pid.kIMAX().set_and_save_ifchanged(old_imax/4500.0); } /* start an autotune */ void AP_PitchController::autotune_start(void) { if (autotune == nullptr) { autotune = new AP_AutoTune(gains, AP_AutoTune::AUTOTUNE_PITCH, aparm, rate_pid); if (autotune == nullptr) { if (!failed_autotune_alloc) { GCS_SEND_TEXT(MAV_SEVERITY_ERROR, "AutoTune: failed pitch allocation"); } failed_autotune_alloc = true; } } if (autotune != nullptr) { autotune->start(); } } /* restore autotune gains */ void AP_PitchController::autotune_restore(void) { if (autotune != nullptr) { autotune->stop(); } }