#include #define MOT_DX_STEP 19 #define MOT_DX_DIR 18 #define MOT_SX_STEP 17 #define MOT_SX_DIR 16 // Nema 17 make 1.8° per step. Using A4988 drivers, and 1/16th microstepping, it results in 0.1125° per step constexpr double ANGLE_PER_STEP = 0.1125; // Just used a kitchen scale, good enough constexpr double WEIGHT = 0.961; constexpr double WHEEL_RADIUS = 0.0475; // Experimentally, the lowest pulse my steppers can handle without stalling + some leeway constexpr double MAX_HALF_PERIOD = 75; // in microseconds // Which means there is a maximum velocity achievable constexpr double MAX_VELOCITY = 1000000 * WHEEL_RADIUS / (2 * MAX_HALF_PERIOD * ANGLE_PER_STEP) * PI / 180; // Derived and analytical model, linearized it and simulated in MATLAB. // PID values are then calculated and verified by simulation in Simulink. I ain't calibrating a PID by hand on this robot // I modified the ArduPID library to make it accept negative values for the parameters constexpr double KP = 42; constexpr double KI = KP * 10.8852; constexpr double KD = 0.3; // PI constants for outer velocity control loop constexpr double KP_vel = 0.01; constexpr double KI_vel = 0.005; float angle_setpoint = 0.0; float angle_output = 0; float angle_input = 0; float vel_setpoint = 0.0; float vel_input = 0.0; float yaw{ 0 }, pitch{ 0 }, roll{ 0 }; QuickPID pitchCtrl(&angle_input, &angle_output, &angle_setpoint, KP, KI, KD, pitchCtrl.pMode::pOnError, pitchCtrl.dMode::dOnMeas, pitchCtrl.iAwMode::iAwCondition, pitchCtrl.Action::reverse); // TODO: a little deadzone when the input is almost 0, just to avoid unnecessary "nervous" control and eventual oscillations QuickPID velCtrl(&angle_output, &angle_setpoint, &vel_setpoint, KP_vel, KI_vel, 0, velCtrl.pMode::pOnMeas, velCtrl.dMode::dOnMeas, velCtrl.iAwMode::iAwCondition, velCtrl.Action::direct); void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); delay(1000); setup_imu(); // Just to signal it is working pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH); // Let the initial error from madgwick filter discharge without affecting the integral term of the PID unsigned long t = millis(); while (millis() - t < 2000) { update_imu(); } // Backward because all coefficients need to be negative pitchCtrl.SetOutputLimits(-MAX_VELOCITY, MAX_VELOCITY); pitchCtrl.SetMode(pitchCtrl.Control::automatic); pitchCtrl.SetSampleTimeUs(1000); velCtrl.SetOutputLimits(-0.35, 0.35); velCtrl.SetMode(velCtrl.Control::automatic); velCtrl.SetSampleTimeUs(10000); digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW); } void setup1(){ pinMode(MOT_DX_DIR, OUTPUT); pinMode(MOT_SX_DIR, OUTPUT); pinMode(MOT_DX_STEP, OUTPUT); pinMode(MOT_SX_STEP, OUTPUT); } unsigned long last_time_motors = micros(), current_time_motors = micros(); bool b = true; // Such a long halfperiod means that the motors are not moving uint32_t t = INT_MAX; int32_t period = INT_MAX, halfperiod1 = INT_MAX; void loop1(){ // TODO: handle the steppers using interrupt timers. The second core could be used for IMU processing, while the first one handles the different control loops // Retrieve the half period value from core0. Non blocking call if(rp2040.fifo.available()) { rp2040.fifo.pop_nb(&t); int32_t period = (int32_t)t; // Direction need to be changed during motor pulse // Doing it here unsure it happens at the correct time if(period > 0){ // Positivie direction digitalWriteFast(MOT_DX_DIR, HIGH); digitalWriteFast(MOT_SX_DIR, HIGH); halfperiod1 = (uint32_t)(period); }else{ // Negative direction digitalWriteFast(MOT_DX_DIR, LOW); digitalWriteFast(MOT_SX_DIR, LOW); halfperiod1 = (uint32_t)(-period); } } current_time_motors = micros(); if(current_time_motors - last_time_motors > halfperiod1){ // Half a pulse. Next cycle will be the rest digitalWriteFast(MOT_DX_STEP, b); digitalWriteFast(MOT_SX_STEP, b); b = !b; last_time_motors = current_time_motors; } } double frequency = 0; int32_t half_period0 = 0; double velocity = 0; uint32_t current_time = millis(), last_time = millis(); void loop() { update_imu(); velCtrl.Compute(); angle_input = pitch; if(pitchCtrl.Compute()){ double tvelocity = angle_output; tvelocity = tvelocity / WHEEL_RADIUS * 180 / PI; frequency = tvelocity * 0.1125; half_period0 = 1000000 / (2*frequency); // Send the half period to core 1. Non blocking rp2040.fifo.push_nb(half_period0); } }