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hardware in the loop simulation for ardupilot mega

Posted by sufendi on April 19, 2012 at 11:58am

hi, am a working in hardware in the loop simulation (HILS) for ardupilot mega.

the purpose of my research is to ensure that ardupilot control system works well,before I do the actual flight test.
the difference between what I do with pre-existing HILS is a model airplane that I use is a model of state space and not a model of an aircraft that already exists on xplane.

The following is an overview of its design scheme:

3690927743?profile=originalI have managed to describe the control block diagram for stabilization control mode from ardupilotmega.pde coding ,and compare the results between simulation control dan ardupilot hardware control. the following picture is the block diagram for stabilization control mode in matlab/simulink :

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inside logitudinal block

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inside lateral directional block

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now, the problem is:

I have difficulty in describing the existing control algorithms ardupilotmega.pde coding  to the form of control block diagram  for auto control mode, because I do not understand the coding of the overall ardupilotmega.pde

so far, for the auto control mode, this is what I have gained:

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note:

-i a am still find a solution for make a gps simulation. now my idea is using yaw angle,speed,and inital position to estimate next position (some one help me)

-I am still trying to understand how the working process of waypoint tracking in ardupilotmega.pde coding , so that I can describe the block diagram in matlab / simulink. (some one help me)

new update (1 juni 2012)

this is my video off waypoint tracking simulation 

http://youtu.be/SdHOe_2Ryao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdHOe_2Ryao&feature=channel&list=UL

http://youtu.be/Th5mrblqSes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th5mrblqSes

 

thanks. 

sufendi


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  • Eitan Bulka January 17, 2017 at 1:17pm

    Hi Edmond,

    Did you ever figure this out? I am trying to do the same thing.

    Thanks,

    Eitan

    McGill U


    Edmond Leong said:

    Same question for the UDP data receiving from APM (pilot commands).  Question is how to configure the UDP block in Simulink in order to unpack the UDP data from APM? Thanks !

    3692854184?profile=original

  • Rizki Wahyu Pratama November 19, 2015 at 5:21am

    hello sufendi, 

    i can't download your attachment file, can you send to my email?

    rizki633469@gmail.com

    best regards.

  • chen October 15, 2015 at 6:53am

    i can't download the attachments.could u help me .my email is 4201100117@csu.edu.cn i have read your paper ,thank you anyway

  • ELENA MC August 24, 2015 at 2:56pm

    Hi Sufendi,

    I am trying to connect APM planner with Matlab like you did (using"UDP Receive" & "UDP Send" blocks)  but then I dont get any data, I just get this message:

    "Error in 'Conexion/UDP Receive': Received a fractional-length packet for the specified data type"

    Does APM planner send data to simulink by MAVlink protocol?

    I dont even know what datas are input/output in the APM planner.

  • Edsel Aquino July 2, 2015 at 1:44am

    Hi Sufendi,

    I know it's been a long time since you've completed this but I am undertaking a similar project but instead of using APM I will be utilising the Pixhawk. I still intend to model the dynamics of a system using matlab/simulink and will utilise a serial connection and mavlink up and down into matlab.

    It's been difficult to find good reference material on the subject. I am wondering If you have a copy of some of the simulation code that I can look at to get an idea of what you were trying to do. At this stage I am stuck trying to get the IMU off of the pixhawk. I have been able to read data off and display it on matlab using MEX but I can't seem to work out how I can use this to transfer to a s-code for use in simulink. Perhaps your work can shed some light.

    If you can I would really appreciate seeing anything you have that might help me. My email is 11306103@student.uts.edu.au

  • JANG March 10, 2015 at 5:55am

    Hello. I study HILS . I have a lot of questions.

     1. How to communicate between the APM Planer(mission planer) and Simulink(matlab)?

     2. How to communicate between the Simulink and X-plane?

    I really wonder this problem, help you.

  • Devaprakash Muniraj October 11, 2014 at 12:56pm

    Hi All,

    This post on hardware in loop simulation with APM using Matlab seems exciting. I am also working on a similar problem. I am trying to do a Hardware in loop simulation with APM 2.6 connected to a mission planner. Instead of using flight gear or xplane, I am using Matlab to read in actuator commands from the mission planner through UDP and do simulation in Matlab and send back the sensor data to the mission planner.

    I have read in actuator commands send by the mission planner through UDP and I am currently working on sending the simulated data back to the mission planner. It would be of great help to me if someone could share the details of how this has been done. I am also unable to download the simulation file. Help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

    Devaprakash

  • mohsein June 1, 2014 at 1:22pm

    dear sufendi

    access is denied to this website

    may you pleas send it to my emai

    mfzavareh@gmail.com

    thanks alot

  • mohsein May 28, 2014 at 9:48am

    Dear sufendi

    Hello

    first let me to say thank you for the sharing your knowledge so others can use. and second let me apologize for the poor english I am writing in

    I am a beginer with electronic and APM. how ever i want to connect it the matlab in order to send my control commands and so on

    first of all i dont know how to do it ( connection for send and recive order). so I want you to help me in this field if is possible.

    having a model that i can run in my computer would so helpful for me.

    thank you so much

    MohSein

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