- added possbility to switch the Control mode while motor is spinning. NOT yet checked how motors behaves when swiching is triggered!
- added Cruise Control functionality: activated by button1 to GND (Blue Left or Right cable depending on selection). Functionality NOT yet tested in practice!
- extended Phase current measurements z_selPhaCurMeasABC : {iA,iB} = 0; {iB,iC} = 1; {iA,iC} = 2
- added interface for external motor angle measurement from as sensor, e.g., encoder. The selection can be done via b_angleMeasEna: 0 = Estimated (default), 1 = Measured.
- update the Field weakening Lo and Hi to fully blended.
- minor improvements:
- Buttons initialization
- lowered ADC margins in auto-calibration
- commented out ADC_SAMPLETIME_239CYCLES_5, reported to give some issues when Hall sensor ADC input is used
- created possiblity to use PWM, PPM input also on both LEFT and RIGHT cable (RIGHT cable is 5V tolerant)
- updated UART: disabled the Rx errors to avoid DMA stop and additional need to manage the UART error handler
- added Button support LEFT/RIGHT
- the UART communication is improved based on UART Idle line detection interrupt
- an Rx ring buffer is used to manage the UART incoming data
- both Tx and Rx are efficiently handled using DMA
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Other:
- minor visual improvements
Apparently, the UART data Rx/Tx is quite unreliable (especially under motor load) leading to very often out-of-sync issues. This change allows to reset the DMA more often, leading to a faster re-sync of the UART transmission and thus avoiding UART timeout.
- updated ReadMe: added higher resolution mainboard picture, added links with projects, online compiler, Telegram link
- setup.c : fixed the Charger GPIO pin to PULLUP, otherwise the Charger won't be recognized when connected
- config.h : increased the default ADC protection Timeout from 30 to 100 for more robustness.
► the mainboard can now send and receive Serial data from the sideboards
► heavy refactored the `main.c`. It was becoming too large to manage... Therefore, `util.c` and `util.h` was created
► added new functionality for `VARIANT_HOVERCAR` and variants with `CONTROL_ADC` in general:
- ADC limits auto-calibration mode (long press of the power button) - calibration will not be lost at power-off
- Max Current and Max Speed adjustment mode (long press followed by a short press of the power button) - calibration will not be lost at power-off
- added one sideboard functionality:
- LEDs are used to display battery level, Motor Enable, Errors, Reverse driving, Braking.
- Photo sensors are used as push buttons: One for changing Control Mode, One for Activating/Deactivating the Field Weakening on the fly
Major:
- created HOVERCAR variant (selectable via platformio.ini) for driving via 2 pedals: Brake (on cmd1) and Throttle (on cmd2)
- implemented "Double tapping" on Brake pedal to engage Reverse driving
- implemented that Brake pedal stops the vehicle but does not go to Reverse, to prevend unintended Reverse driving
- implemented ADC Protection when GND and Vcc wire are disconnected. The functionality can be enabled/disabled via #define ADC_PROTECT_ENA
- updated error handling: in case of major error the motors will be disabled for improved safety
Minor:
- fixed bug on low-pass filter for not reaching exact "0" value
- calibrated the ADC Battery voltage reading
- other minor visual updates
- reduced FOC computational complexity by up to 20%, from 85% (old) to 65% (new)
- updated Field Weakening by allowing more freedom set-up: field weakening blended in the input fully, partially blended, or fully outside the input range
- major improvemets on current and speed limitations. It allows seemless limitation protection -> very happy with the result
Sinusoidal Control Type is now available is this branch. To select it go in config.h and change CTRL_TYP_SEL to 1. By default FOC control type is selcted.
Note: SPEED and TORQUE modes are not available for Sinusoidal control type.
The firmware allows now to set higher currents than 15 A/motor.
NOTE: You can change this limit at your own risk. I do not take any responsability if your boards gets damaged.
Major:
• all PI controllers with Back-calculation replaced with PI controllers with Clamping to reduce the number of parameters and simplify calculations
Minor:
• fixed the ADC calibration for potetiometer input when ADCx_MIN > 0
• fixed bug: small shock at initialization when current limit I_MOT_MAX is set very small e.g. 1 A
EmanuelFeru