LibrePilot/flight/modules/Battery/battery.c

/**
 ******************************************************************************
 * @addtogroup OpenPilotModules OpenPilot Modules
 * @{
 * @addtogroup BatteryModule Battery Module
 * @brief Measures battery voltage and current
 * Updates the FlightBatteryState object
 * @{
 *
 * @file       battery.c
 * @author     The OpenPilot Team, http://www.openpilot.org Copyright (C) 2010.
 * @brief      Module to read the battery Voltage and Current periodically and set alarms appropriately.
 *
 * @see        The GNU Public License (GPL) Version 3
 *
 *****************************************************************************/
/*
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 */

/**
 * Output object: FlightBatteryState
 *
 * This module will periodically generate information on the battery state.
 *
 * UAVObjects are automatically generated by the UAVObjectGenerator from
 * the object definition XML file.
 *
 * Modules have no API, all communication to other modules is done through UAVObjects.
 * However modules may use the API exposed by shared libraries.
 * See the OpenPilot wiki for more details.
 * http://www.openpilot.org/OpenPilot_Application_Architecture
 *
 */

#include "openpilot.h"

#include "flightbatterystate.h"
#include "flightbatterysettings.h"
#include "hwsettings.h"

//
// Configuration
//
#define SAMPLE_PERIOD_MS 500
// Private types

// Private variables
static bool batteryEnabled = false;

// THESE COULD BE BETTER AS SOME KIND OF UNION OR STRUCT, BY WHICH 4 BITS ARE USED FOR EACH
// PIN VARIABLE, ONE OF WHICH INDICATES SIGN, AND THE OTHER 3 BITS INDICATE POSITION. THIS WILL
// WORK FOR QUITE SOMETIME, UNTIL MORE THAN 8 ADC ARE AVAILABLE. EVEN AT THIS POINT, THE STRUCTURE
// CAN SIMPLY BE MODIFIED TO SUPPORT 15 ADC PINS, BY USING ALL AVAILABLE BITS.
static int8_t voltageADCPin = -1; // ADC pin for voltage
static int8_t currentADCPin = -1; // ADC pin for current

// Private functions
static void onTimer(UAVObjEvent *ev);

/**
 * Initialise the module, called on startup
 * \returns 0 on success or -1 if initialisation failed
 */
int32_t BatteryInitialize(void)
{
#ifdef MODULE_BATTERY_BUILTIN
    batteryEnabled = true;
#else
    uint8_t optionalModules[HWSETTINGS_OPTIONALMODULES_NUMELEM];

    HwSettingsOptionalModulesGet(optionalModules);

    if ((optionalModules[HWSETTINGS_OPTIONALMODULES_BATTERY] == HWSETTINGS_OPTIONALMODULES_ENABLED)) {
        batteryEnabled = true;
    } else {
        batteryEnabled = false;
    }
#endif

    uint8_t adcRouting[HWSETTINGS_ADCROUTING_NUMELEM];
    HwSettingsADCRoutingGet(adcRouting);

    // Determine if the battery sensors are routed to ADC pins
    for (int i = 0; i < HWSETTINGS_ADCROUTING_NUMELEM; i++) {
        if (adcRouting[i] == HWSETTINGS_ADCROUTING_BATTERYVOLTAGE) {
            voltageADCPin = i;
        }
        if (adcRouting[i] == HWSETTINGS_ADCROUTING_BATTERYCURRENT) {
            currentADCPin = i;
        }
    }

    // Don't enable module if no ADC pins are routed to the sensors
    if (voltageADCPin < 0 && currentADCPin < 0) {
        batteryEnabled = false;
    }

    // Start module
    if (batteryEnabled) {
        FlightBatteryStateInitialize();
        FlightBatterySettingsInitialize();

        static UAVObjEvent ev;

        memset(&ev, 0, sizeof(UAVObjEvent));
        EventPeriodicCallbackCreate(&ev, onTimer, SAMPLE_PERIOD_MS / portTICK_RATE_MS);
    }

    return 0;
}

MODULE_INITCALL(BatteryInitialize, 0);
static void onTimer(__attribute__((unused)) UAVObjEvent *ev)
{
    static FlightBatteryStateData flightBatteryData;
    static FlightBatterySettingsData batterySettings;

    FlightBatterySettingsGet(&batterySettings);

    const float dT = SAMPLE_PERIOD_MS / 1000.0f;
    float energyRemaining;

    // calculate the battery parameters
    if (voltageADCPin >= 0) {
        flightBatteryData.Voltage = (PIOS_ADC_PinGetVolt(voltageADCPin) - batterySettings.SensorCalibrations.VoltageZero) * batterySettings.SensorCalibrations.VoltageFactor; // in Volts
    } else {
        flightBatteryData.Voltage = 0; // Dummy placeholder value. This is in case we get another source of battery current which is not from the ADC
    }

    if (currentADCPin >= 0) {
        flightBatteryData.Current = (PIOS_ADC_PinGetVolt(currentADCPin) - batterySettings.SensorCalibrations.CurrentZero) * batterySettings.SensorCalibrations.CurrentFactor; // in Amps
        if (flightBatteryData.Current > flightBatteryData.PeakCurrent) {
            flightBatteryData.PeakCurrent = flightBatteryData.Current; // in Amps
        }
    } else { // If there's no current measurement, we still need to assign one. Make it negative, so it can never trigger an alarm
        flightBatteryData.Current = -0; // Dummy placeholder value. This is in case we get another source of battery current which is not from the ADC
    }

    flightBatteryData.ConsumedEnergy += (flightBatteryData.Current * dT * 1000.0f / 3600.0f); // in mAh

    // Apply a 2 second rise time low-pass filter to average the current
    float alpha = 1.0f - dT / (dT + 2.0f);
    flightBatteryData.AvgCurrent = alpha * flightBatteryData.AvgCurrent + (1 - alpha) * flightBatteryData.Current; // in Amps

    /*The motor could regenerate power. Or we could have solar cells.
       In short, is there any likelihood of measuring negative current? If it's a bad current reading we want to check, then
       it makes sense to saturate at max and min values, because a misreading could as easily be very large, as negative. The simple
       sign check doesn't catch this.*/
    energyRemaining = batterySettings.Capacity - flightBatteryData.ConsumedEnergy; // in mAh
    if (batterySettings.Capacity > 0 && flightBatteryData.AvgCurrent > 0) {
        flightBatteryData.EstimatedFlightTime = (energyRemaining / (flightBatteryData.AvgCurrent * 1000.0f)) * 3600.0f; // in Sec
    } else {
        flightBatteryData.EstimatedFlightTime = 0;
    }

    // generate alarms where needed...
    if ((flightBatteryData.Voltage <= 0) && (flightBatteryData.Current <= 0)) {
        // FIXME: There's no guarantee that a floating ADC will give 0. So this
        // check might fail, even when there's nothing attached.
        AlarmsSet(SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_BATTERY, SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_ERROR);
        AlarmsSet(SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_FLIGHTTIME, SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_ERROR);
    } else {
        // FIXME: should make the timer alarms user configurable
        if (batterySettings.Capacity > 0 && flightBatteryData.EstimatedFlightTime < 30) {
            AlarmsSet(SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_FLIGHTTIME, SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_CRITICAL);
        } else if (batterySettings.Capacity > 0 && flightBatteryData.EstimatedFlightTime < 120) {
            AlarmsSet(SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_FLIGHTTIME, SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_WARNING);
        } else {
            AlarmsClear(SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_FLIGHTTIME);
        }

        // FIXME: should make the battery voltage detection dependent on battery type.
        /*Not so sure. Some users will want to run their batteries harder than others, so it should be the user's choice. [KDS]*/
        if (flightBatteryData.Voltage < batterySettings.CellVoltageThresholds.Alarm * batterySettings.NbCells) {
            AlarmsSet(SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_BATTERY, SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_CRITICAL);
        } else if (flightBatteryData.Voltage < batterySettings.CellVoltageThresholds.Warning * batterySettings.NbCells) {
            AlarmsSet(SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_BATTERY, SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_WARNING);
        } else {
            AlarmsClear(SYSTEMALARMS_ALARM_BATTERY);
        }
    }

    FlightBatteryStateSet(&flightBatteryData);
}

/**
 * @}
 */

/**
 * @}
 */