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From: | Helge Walle |
Subject: | Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Fwd: ETS airspeed sensor data. |
Date: | Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:18:21 +0100 |
Hi Helge, did you consider changing the ETS sensor to third party mode which supposedly would then give the actual airspeed value with no further calculations needed? I am planning on working on that this week so if there is any reason it won't work it would be useful to know.
On Jan 18, 2015 3:11 PM, "Helge Walle" <address@hidden> wrote:Thanks Felix,This should be enough to get started.On first thought I would like to handle both barometers in one module.Helge.2015-01-18 15:26 GMT+01:00 Felix Ruess <address@hidden>:Hi Helge,To try and get a better airspeed reading from the EagleTree v3 airspeed sensor in default mode, I now read pressure and temperature from my BMP085 baro into airspeed_ets.c via air_data.c. Air density is taken into account using the pitot formula http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube . I have not tried this in flight yet, but calculations I have done predict some, but not big, improvements.
you did see the newer functions in the air_data module to calculate equivalent/true airspeed, etc. (introduced with #853), right?
http://docs.paparazziuav.org/latest/air__data_8h.htmlBut then there is the offset drift. At low airspeeds (15m/s) this is a rather big problem. Not knowing the spesification of the raw data from the sensor it is difficult, if at all possible, to compensate for it.
I read somewhere about making a differential pressure unit consisting of two ms5611 barometers. I don't know if this will give the desired results, as these will also have drift, but I may give it a try. Then I would want to connect the two baros physically close together. I have a Twog and a Lisa/M, and for this I would like to use the Twog.
I am not sure about the best method of configuring two standalone ms5611's into Paparazzi, one of them using the alternate I2C address. Is there a straightforward way to do this?There are basically two options:
- write a wrapper that reads two ms5611 peripherals
- write another module wrapper like sw/airborne/modules/sensors/baro_ms5611_i2c.c but with different variable/function names so you can both modules at the same time.It seems that the calculation of airspeed is supposed to be done in air_data.c. Is this correct?If you have a "standard" pitot sensor and want to calculate airspeed from dynamic/differential pressure, then yes (no need to duplicate this in every driver).Cheers, Felix
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