mpu6000: sample at 200usec faster rate to avoid aliasing

this runs the mpu6000 200usec faster than requested then detects and
disccards duplicates by comparing accel values. This avoids a nasty
aliasing issue due to clock drift between the stm32 and mpu6000
This commit is contained in:
Andrew Tridgell 2015-05-07 10:50:37 +10:00
parent 3ac95fb581
commit a710159263
1 changed files with 53 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -189,6 +189,14 @@
#define MPU6000_LOW_BUS_SPEED 1000*1000
#define MPU6000_HIGH_BUS_SPEED 11*1000*1000 /* will be rounded to 10.4 MHz, within margins for MPU6K */
/*
we set the timer interrupt to run a bit faster than the desired
sample rate and then throw away duplicates by comparing
accelerometer values. This time reduction is enough to cope with
worst case timing jitter due to other timers
*/
#define MPU6000_TIMER_REDUCTION 200
class MPU6000_gyro;
class MPU6000 : public device::SPI
@ -257,6 +265,7 @@ private:
perf_counter_t _bad_registers;
perf_counter_t _good_transfers;
perf_counter_t _reset_retries;
perf_counter_t _duplicates;
perf_counter_t _system_latency_perf;
perf_counter_t _controller_latency_perf;
@ -287,6 +296,10 @@ private:
// last temperature reading for print_info()
float _last_temperature;
// keep last accel reading for duplicate detection
uint16_t _last_accel[3];
bool _got_duplicate;
/**
* Start automatic measurement.
*/
@ -509,6 +522,7 @@ MPU6000::MPU6000(int bus, const char *path_accel, const char *path_gyro, spi_dev
_bad_registers(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "mpu6000_bad_registers")),
_good_transfers(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "mpu6000_good_transfers")),
_reset_retries(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "mpu6000_reset_retries")),
_duplicates(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "mpu6000_duplicates")),
_system_latency_perf(perf_alloc_once(PC_ELAPSED, "sys_latency")),
_controller_latency_perf(perf_alloc_once(PC_ELAPSED, "ctrl_latency")),
_register_wait(0),
@ -522,7 +536,9 @@ MPU6000::MPU6000(int bus, const char *path_accel, const char *path_gyro, spi_dev
_rotation(rotation),
_checked_next(0),
_in_factory_test(false),
_last_temperature(0)
_last_temperature(0),
_last_accel{},
_got_duplicate(false)
{
// disable debug() calls
_debug_enabled = false;
@ -576,6 +592,8 @@ MPU6000::~MPU6000()
perf_free(_bad_transfers);
perf_free(_bad_registers);
perf_free(_good_transfers);
perf_free(_reset_retries);
perf_free(_duplicates);
}
int
@ -1198,7 +1216,15 @@ MPU6000::ioctl(struct file *filp, int cmd, unsigned long arg)
/* update interval for next measurement */
/* XXX this is a bit shady, but no other way to adjust... */
_call.period = _call_interval = ticks;
_call_interval = ticks;
/*
set call interval faster then the sample time. We
then detect when we have duplicate samples and reject
them. This prevents aliasing due to a beat between the
stm32 clock and the mpu6000 clock
*/
_call.period = _call_interval - MPU6000_TIMER_REDUCTION;
/* if we need to start the poll state machine, do it */
if (want_start)
@ -1476,7 +1502,10 @@ MPU6000::start()
_gyro_reports->flush();
/* start polling at the specified rate */
hrt_call_every(&_call, 1000, _call_interval, (hrt_callout)&MPU6000::measure_trampoline, this);
hrt_call_every(&_call,
1000,
_call_interval-MPU6000_TIMER_REDUCTION,
(hrt_callout)&MPU6000::measure_trampoline, this);
}
void
@ -1578,14 +1607,32 @@ MPU6000::measure()
*/
mpu_report.cmd = DIR_READ | MPUREG_INT_STATUS;
check_registers();
// sensor transfer at high clock speed
set_frequency(MPU6000_HIGH_BUS_SPEED);
if (OK != transfer((uint8_t *)&mpu_report, ((uint8_t *)&mpu_report), sizeof(mpu_report)))
return;
check_registers();
/*
see if this is duplicate accelerometer data. Note that we
can't use the data ready interrupt status bit in the status
register as that also goes high on new gyro data, and when
we run with BITS_DLPF_CFG_256HZ_NOLPF2 the gyro is being
sampled at 8kHz, so we would incorrectly think we have new
data when we are in fact getting duplicate accelerometer data.
*/
if (!_got_duplicate && memcmp(&mpu_report.accel_x[0], &_last_accel[0], 6) == 0) {
// it isn't new data - wait for next timer
perf_end(_sample_perf);
perf_count(_duplicates);
_got_duplicate = true;
return;
}
memcpy(&_last_accel[0], &mpu_report.accel_x[0], 6);
_got_duplicate = false;
/*
* Convert from big to little endian
*/
@ -1766,6 +1813,7 @@ MPU6000::print_info()
perf_print_counter(_bad_registers);
perf_print_counter(_good_transfers);
perf_print_counter(_reset_retries);
perf_print_counter(_duplicates);
_accel_reports->print_info("accel queue");
_gyro_reports->print_info("gyro queue");
::printf("checked_next: %u\n", _checked_next);