tilt.c[]
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/* -*- indent-tabs-mode:T; c-basic-offset:8; tab-width:8; -*- vi: set ts=8:
* $Id: tilt.c,v 1.1 2003/07/09 18:23:29 john Exp $
*
* 1 dimensional tilt sensor using a dual axis accelerometer
* and single axis angular rate gyro. The two sensors are fused
* via a two state Kalman filter, with one state being the angle
* and the other state being the gyro bias.
*
* Gyro bias is automatically tracked by the filter. This seems
* like magic.
*
* Please note that there are lots of comments in the functions and
* in blocks before the functions. Kalman filtering is an already complex
* subject, made even more so by extensive hand optimizations to the C code
* that implements the filter. I've tried to make an effort of explaining
* the optimizations, but feel free to send mail to the mailing list,
* autopilot-devel@lists.sf.net, with questions about this code.
*
*
* (c) 2003 Trammell Hudson <hudson@rotomotion.com>
*
*************
*
* This file is part of the autopilot onboard code package.
*
* Autopilot 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 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Autopilot 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 Autopilot; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
*/
#include <math.h>
/*
* Our update rate. This is how often our state is updated with
* gyro rate measurements. For now, we do it every time an
* 8 bit counter running at CLK/1024 expires. You will have to
* change this value if you update at a different rate.
*/
static const float dt = ( 1024.0 * 256.0 ) / 8000000.0;
/*
* Our covariance matrix. This is updated at every time step to
* determine how well the sensors are tracking the actual state.
*/
static float P[2][2] = {
{ 1, 0 },
{ 0, 1 },
};
/*
* Our two states, the angle and the gyro bias. As a byproduct of computing
* the angle, we also have an unbiased angular rate available. These are
* read-only to the user of the module.
*/
float angle;
float q_bias;
float rate;
/*
* R represents the measurement covariance noise. In this case,
* it is a 1x1 matrix that says that we expect 0.3 rad jitter
* from the accelerometer.
*/
static const float R_angle = 0.3;
/*
* Q is a 2x2 matrix that represents the process covariance noise.
* In this case, it indicates how much we trust the acceleromter
* relative to the gyros.
*/
static const float Q_angle = 0.001;
static const float Q_gyro = 0.003;
/*
* state_update is called every dt with a biased gyro measurement
* by the user of the module. It updates the current angle and
* rate estimate.
*
* The pitch gyro measurement should be scaled into real units, but
* does not need any bias removal. The filter will track the bias.
*
* Our state vector is:
*
* X = [ angle, gyro_bias ]
*
* It runs the state estimation forward via the state functions:
*
* Xdot = [ angle_dot, gyro_bias_dot ]
*
* angle_dot = gyro - gyro_bias
* gyro_bias_dot = 0
*
* And updates the covariance matrix via the function:
*
* Pdot = A*P + P*A' + Q
*
* A is the Jacobian of Xdot with respect to the states:
*
* A = [ d(angle_dot)/d(angle) d(angle_dot)/d(gyro_bias) ]
* [ d(gyro_bias_dot)/d(angle) d(gyro_bias_dot)/d(gyro_bias) ]
*
* = [ 0 -1 ]
* [ 0 0 ]
*
* Due to the small CPU available on the microcontroller, we've
* hand optimized the C code to only compute the terms that are
* explicitly non-zero, as well as expanded out the matrix math
* to be done in as few steps as possible. This does make it harder
* to read, debug and extend, but also allows us to do this with
* very little CPU time.
*/
void
state_update(
const float q_m /* Pitch gyro measurement */
)
{
/* Unbias our gyro */
const float q = q_m - q_bias;
/*
* Compute the derivative of the covariance matrix
*
* Pdot = A*P + P*A' + Q
*
* We've hand computed the expansion of A = [ 0 -1, 0 0 ] multiplied
* by P and P multiplied by A' = [ 0 0, -1, 0 ]. This is then added
* to the diagonal elements of Q, which are Q_angle and Q_gyro.
*/
const float Pdot[2 * 2] = {
Q_angle - P[0][1] - P[1][0], /* 0,0 */
- P[1][1], /* 0,1 */
- P[1][1], /* 1,0 */
Q_gyro /* 1,1 */
};
/* Store our unbias gyro estimate */
rate = q;
/*
* Update our angle estimate
* angle += angle_dot * dt
* += (gyro - gyro_bias) * dt
* += q * dt
*/
angle += q * dt;
/* Update the covariance matrix */
P[0][0] += Pdot[0] * dt;
P[0][1] += Pdot[1] * dt;
P[1][0] += Pdot[2] * dt;
P[1][1] += Pdot[3] * dt;
}
/*
* kalman_update is called by a user of the module when a new
* accelerometer measurement is available. ax_m and az_m do not
* need to be scaled into actual units, but must be zeroed and have
* the same scale.
*
* This does not need to be called every time step, but can be if
* the accelerometer data are available at the same rate as the
* rate gyro measurement.
*
* For a two-axis accelerometer mounted perpendicular to the rotation
* axis, we can compute the angle for the full 360 degree rotation
* with no linearization errors by using the arctangent of the two
* readings.
*
* As commented in state_update, the math here is simplified to
* make it possible to execute on a small microcontroller with no
* floating point unit. It will be hard to read the actual code and
* see what is happening, which is why there is this extensive
* comment block.
*
* The C matrix is a 1x2 (measurements x states) matrix that
* is the Jacobian matrix of the measurement value with respect
* to the states. In this case, C is:
*
* C = [ d(angle_m)/d(angle) d(angle_m)/d(gyro_bias) ]
* = [ 1 0 ]
*
* because the angle measurement directly corresponds to the angle
* estimate and the angle measurement has no relation to the gyro
* bias.
*/
void
kalman_update(
const float ax_m, /* X acceleration */
const float az_m /* Z acceleration */
)
{
/* Compute our measured angle and the error in our estimate */
const float angle_m = atan2( -az_m, ax_m );
const float angle_err = angle_m - angle;
/*
* C_0 shows how the state measurement directly relates to
* the state estimate.
*
* The C_1 shows that the state measurement does not relate
* to the gyro bias estimate. We don't actually use this, so
* we comment it out.
*/
const float C_0 = 1;
/* const float C_1 = 0; */
/*
* PCt<2,1> = P<2,2> * C'<2,1>, which we use twice. This makes
* it worthwhile to precompute and store the two values.
* Note that C[0,1] = C_1 is zero, so we do not compute that
* term.
*/
const float PCt_0 = C_0 * P[0][0]; /* + C_1 * P[0][1] = 0 */
const float PCt_1 = C_0 * P[1][0]; /* + C_1 * P[1][1] = 0 */
/*
* Compute the error estimate. From the Kalman filter paper:
*
* E = C P C' + R
*
* Dimensionally,
*
* E<1,1> = C<1,2> P<2,2> C'<2,1> + R<1,1>
*
* Again, note that C_1 is zero, so we do not compute the term.
*/
const float E =
R_angle
+ C_0 * PCt_0
/* + C_1 * PCt_1 = 0 */
;
/*
* Compute the Kalman filter gains. From the Kalman paper:
*
* K = P C' inv(E)
*
* Dimensionally:
*
* K<2,1> = P<2,2> C'<2,1> inv(E)<1,1>
*
* Luckilly, E is <1,1>, so the inverse of E is just 1/E.
*/
const float K_0 = PCt_0 / E;
const float K_1 = PCt_1 / E;
/*
* Update covariance matrix. Again, from the Kalman filter paper:
*
* P = P - K C P
*
* Dimensionally:
*
* P<2,2> -= K<2,1> C<1,2> P<2,2>
*
* We first compute t<1,2> = C P. Note that:
*
* t[0,0] = C[0,0] * P[0,0] + C[0,1] * P[1,0]
*
* But, since C_1 is zero, we have:
*
* t[0,0] = C[0,0] * P[0,0] = PCt[0,0]
*
* This saves us a floating point multiply.
*/
const float t_0 = PCt_0; /* C_0 * P[0][0] + C_1 * P[1][0] */
const float t_1 = C_0 * P[0][1]; /* + C_1 * P[1][1] = 0 */
P[0][0] -= K_0 * t_0;
P[0][1] -= K_0 * t_1;
P[1][0] -= K_1 * t_0;
P[1][1] -= K_1 * t_1;
/*
* Update our state estimate. Again, from the Kalman paper:
*
* X += K * err
*
* And, dimensionally,
*
* X<2> = X<2> + K<2,1> * err<1,1>
*
* err is a measurement of the difference in the measured state
* and the estimate state. In our case, it is just the difference
* between the two accelerometer measured angle and our estimated
* angle.
*/
angle += K_0 * angle_err;
q_bias += K_1 * angle_err;
}
}}}
tilt.h[]
{{{
/* -*- indent-tabs-mode:T; c-basic-offset:8; tab-width:8; -*- vi: set ts=8: * $Id: tilt.h,v 1.1 2003/07/09 18:23:29 john Exp $ * * 1 dimensional tilt sensor using a dual axis accelerometer * and single axis angular rate gyro. The two sensors are fused * via a two state Kalman filter, with one state being the angle * and the other state being the gyro bias. * * Gyro bias is automatically tracked by the filter. This seems * like magic. * * Please see the file tilt.c for more details on the implementation. * This header only has comments for the use of the module, not the * inner workings. * * (c) 2003 Trammell Hudson <hudson@rotomotion.com> * ************* * * This file is part of the autopilot onboard code package. * * Autopilot 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 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Autopilot 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 Autopilot; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * */ #ifndef _tilt_h_ #define _tilt_h_ /* * Our two states, the angle and the gyro bias. As a byproduct of computing * the angle, we also have an unbiased angular rate available. These are * read-only to the user of the module. */ extern float angle; extern float q_bias; extern float rate; /* * state_update is called every dt with a biased gyro measurement * by the user of the module. It updates the current angle and * rate estimate. * * The pitch gyro measurement should be scaled into real units, but * does not need any bias removal. The filter will track the bias. */ extern void state_update( const float q_m /* Pitch gyro measurement */ ); /* * kalman_update is called by a user of the module when a new * accelerometer measurement is available. ax_m and az_m do not * need to be scaled into actual units, but must be zeroed and have * the same scale. * * This does not need to be called every time step, but can be if * the accelerometer data are available at the same rate as the * rate gyro measurement. */ extern void kalman_update( const float ax_m, /* X acceleration */ const float az_m /* Z acceleration */ ); #endif
}}}