// RomeoPIDTest - Test the PID control for a DFRobot Romeo-based robot. // // To gather PID tuning data for graphing, put the robot on blocks, then // start this program and open a Serial Monitor. Press S4 to start both // motors, let them come to a steady speed, then press S4 to stop the // motors. Copy the Serial output to a spreadsheet and plot target speed and // current speed versus time. You should see a classic PID controller graph // with some overshoot. #include #include // Motor parameters. These are based on a Pololu #2285 motor with 48cpr // encoder. const float GEAR_RATIO = 46.85; const float ENCODER_CPR = 48; // Number of encoder ticks per revolution of the wheel. const float TICKS_PER_REV = GEAR_RATIO * ENCODER_CPR; // Maximum desired motor speed. Pololu #2285 are rated for 130rpm, but we // don't drive them with enough voltage to achieve that. const float MAX_REVS_PER_SEC = 100.0 / 60.0; // Use 60% of maximum speed for PID tuning. const int PID_TUNING_TICKS_PER_SEC = 0.6 * MAX_REVS_PER_SEC * TICKS_PER_REV; // DFRobot Romeo v2 and BLE PIN assignments. const int ONBOARD_SWITCH_PIN = A0; const int LEFT_DIRECTION = 4; const int LEFT_SPEED = 5; const int RIGHT_SPEED = 6; const int RIGHT_DIRECTION = 7; // Pins for the Pololu motor encoder outputs. const int M1_A = 10; const int M1_B = 11; const int M2_A = 14; const int M2_B = 15; // Minimum motor control value. Motor output below this will stall. const int MIN_MOTOR_CMD = 60; int leftSpeedTarget = 0; int rightSpeedTarget = 0; volatile unsigned long leftTicks = 0; volatile unsigned long lastLeftTickTime = 0; volatile unsigned long rightTicks = 0; volatile unsigned long lastRightTickTime = 0; int lastLeftTicks = 0; int lastRightTicks = 0; int leftMotorCmd = 0; int rightMotorCmd = 0; unsigned long lastLoopTime; unsigned long lastSwitchTime; float loopTime = 0.0; // Ziegler-Nichols tuning. See this Wikipedia article for details: // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller#Loop_tuning // To tune the controller, set USE_KU_ONLY to 1 and increase Ku // until oscillation occurs, and set Tu to the oscillation period // in seconds. Then set USE_KU_ONLY to zero to use the // Ziegler-Nichols tune. To get a less agressive tune, set LESS_AGGRESSIVE // to 1. // Set to 1 to use Ku only, to determine oscillation point. #define USE_KU_ONLY 0 const float Ku = .11; const float Tu = .20; #define LESS_AGGRESSIVE 0 #if !LESS_AGGRESSIVE const float Kp = 0.6*Ku; const float Ki = 2*Kp/Tu; const float Kd = Kp*Tu/8; #else const float Kp = 0.2*Ku; const float Ki = 2*Kp/Tu; const float Kd = Kp*Tu/3; #endif #if USE_KU_ONLY SimplePID leftController = SimplePID(Ku, 0, 0); SimplePID rightController = SimplePID(Ku, 0, 0); #else SimplePID leftController = SimplePID(Kp, Ki, Kd); SimplePID rightController = SimplePID(Kp, Ki, Kd); #endif // Sets up the serial output and the motor control pins, and attaches // interrupt handlers to the pins on which we will read the encoder // phototransistor values. void setup() { Serial.begin(115200); delay(3000); pinMode(LEFT_DIRECTION, OUTPUT); pinMode(LEFT_SPEED, OUTPUT); pinMode(RIGHT_DIRECTION, OUTPUT); pinMode(RIGHT_SPEED, OUTPUT); enableInterrupt(M1_A, leftAChange, CHANGE); enableInterrupt(M1_B, leftBChange, CHANGE); enableInterrupt(M2_A, rightAChange, CHANGE); enableInterrupt(M2_B, rightBChange, CHANGE); Serial.print("Time (s)\tLeft Target\tLeft Speed\tLeft Cum Error\tLeft Motor"); Serial.print("\tRight Target\tRight Speed\tRight Cum Error\tRight Motor"); Serial.println(); lastLoopTime = micros(); lastSwitchTime = millis(); } // Loops forever showing the motor speeds and errors since the last loop, // and adjusts the target speeds depending on whether the user is pressing // switches S2 through S5, as indicated in the code below. void loop() { delay(15); unsigned long curLoopTime = micros(); noInterrupts(); int curLeftTicks = leftTicks; int curRightTicks = rightTicks; interrupts(); float dt = (curLoopTime - lastLoopTime) / 1E6; float leftSpeed = (curLeftTicks - lastLeftTicks) / dt; float rightSpeed = (curRightTicks - lastRightTicks) / dt; int leftControl = leftController.getControlValue(leftSpeed, dt); leftMotorCmd += min(255, leftControl); leftMotorCmd = constrain(leftMotorCmd, -255, 255); if (leftMotorCmd > 0) { leftMotorCmd = max(leftMotorCmd, MIN_MOTOR_CMD); } int rightControl = rightController.getControlValue(rightSpeed, dt); rightMotorCmd += min(255, rightControl); rightMotorCmd = constrain(rightMotorCmd, -255, 255); if (rightMotorCmd > 0) { rightMotorCmd = max(rightMotorCmd, MIN_MOTOR_CMD); } // Coast to a stop if target is zero. if (leftSpeedTarget == 0) { leftMotorCmd = 0; } if (rightSpeedTarget == 0) { rightMotorCmd = 0; } setSpeed(leftMotorCmd, rightMotorCmd); if (leftSpeedTarget > 0 || leftSpeed > 0 || rightSpeedTarget > 0 || rightSpeed > 0) { Serial.print(loopTime, 3); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.print(leftSpeedTarget); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.print(leftSpeed); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.print(leftController.getCumulativeError()); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.print(leftMotorCmd); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.print(rightSpeedTarget); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.print(rightSpeed); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.print(rightController.getCumulativeError()); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.print(rightMotorCmd); Serial.print("\t"); Serial.println(); loopTime += dt; } // Ignore switches for a short time after pressing, to avoid bounce. if (curLoopTime - lastSwitchTime > 0.5*1E6) { int switchValue = readSwitch(); if (switchValue > 0) { lastSwitchTime = curLoopTime; switch (switchValue) { case 2: // Left motor on/off. leftSpeedTarget = (leftSpeedTarget==0 ? PID_TUNING_TICKS_PER_SEC : 0); break; case 3: // Right motor on/off. rightSpeedTarget = (rightSpeedTarget==0 ? PID_TUNING_TICKS_PER_SEC : 0); break; case 4: // Both motors on/off. leftSpeedTarget = (leftSpeedTarget==0 ? PID_TUNING_TICKS_PER_SEC : 0); rightSpeedTarget = (rightSpeedTarget==0 ? PID_TUNING_TICKS_PER_SEC : 0); break; case 5: break; default: // no change in speed break; } leftController.setSetPoint(leftSpeedTarget); rightController.setSetPoint(rightSpeedTarget); } } lastLeftTicks = curLeftTicks; lastRightTicks = curRightTicks; lastLoopTime = curLoopTime; } void waitForSwitch1() { while (readSwitch() != 1) { // do nothing } } void setSpeed(int leftSpeed, int rightSpeed) { digitalWrite(LEFT_DIRECTION, (leftSpeed >= 0 ? HIGH : LOW)); analogWrite(LEFT_SPEED, abs(leftSpeed)); digitalWrite(RIGHT_DIRECTION, (rightSpeed >= 0 ? HIGH : LOW)); analogWrite(RIGHT_SPEED, abs(rightSpeed)); } void leftAChange() { if (digitalRead(M1_A) == digitalRead(M1_B)) { ++leftTicks; } else { --leftTicks; } } void leftBChange() { if (digitalRead(M1_A) != digitalRead(M1_B)) { ++leftTicks; } else { --leftTicks; } } void rightAChange() { if (digitalRead(M2_A) != digitalRead(M2_B)) { ++rightTicks; } else { --rightTicks; } } void rightBChange() { if (digitalRead(M2_A) == digitalRead(M2_B)) { ++rightTicks; } else { --rightTicks; } } // Reads the value of the built-in switches S1 through S5. The switches // are connected in parallel with resistors of five different sizes to // analog pin A0. The difference in voltage at A0 allows us to determine // which switch is pressed. int readSwitch() { int value = analogRead(ONBOARD_SWITCH_PIN); if (value > 800) { return 0; } else if (value > 600) { return 5; } else if (value > 400) { return 4; } else if (value > 250) { return 3; } else if (value > 75) { return 2; } else { return 1; } }