AC_AttitudeControl_TS.cpp

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   This class inherits from AC_AttitudeControl_Multi and provides functionality
   specific to tailsitter quadplanes.
   1) "body-frame" roll control mode for all tailsitters
   2) a relax_attitude_controller method needed for coping with vectored tailsitters
 */
#include "AC_AttitudeControl_TS.h"

void AC_AttitudeControl_TS::relax_attitude_controllers(bool exclude_pitch)
{
    // If exclude_pitch: relax roll and yaw rate controller outputs only,
    // leaving pitch controller active to let TVBS motors tilt up while in throttle_wait
    if (exclude_pitch) {
        // Get the current attitude quaternion
        Quaternion current_attitude;
        _ahrs.get_quat_body_to_ned(current_attitude);

        Vector3f current_eulers;
        current_attitude.to_euler(current_eulers.x, current_eulers.y, current_eulers.z);

        // set target attitude to zero pitch with (approximate) current roll and yaw
        // by rotating the current_attitude quaternion by the error in desired pitch
        Quaternion pitch_rotation;
        pitch_rotation.from_axis_angle(Vector3f(0, -1, 0), current_eulers.y);
        _attitude_target = current_attitude * pitch_rotation;
        _attitude_target.normalize();
        _attitude_target.to_euler(_euler_angle_target.x, _euler_angle_target.y, _euler_angle_target.z);
        _attitude_ang_error = current_attitude.inverse() * _attitude_target;

        // Initialize the roll and yaw angular rate variables to the current rate
        _ang_vel_target = _ahrs.get_gyro();
        ang_vel_to_euler_rate(_attitude_target, _ang_vel_target, _euler_rate_target);
        _ang_vel_body.x = _ahrs.get_gyro().x;
        _ang_vel_body.z = _ahrs.get_gyro().z;

        // Reset the roll and yaw I terms
        get_rate_roll_pid().reset_I();
        get_rate_yaw_pid().reset_I();
    } else {
        // relax all attitude controllers
        AC_AttitudeControl::relax_attitude_controllers();
    }
}

// Command euler yaw rate and pitch angle with roll angle specified in body frame
// (used only by tailsitter quadplanes)
// If plane_controls is true, swap the effects of roll and yaw as euler pitch approaches 90 degrees
void AC_AttitudeControl_TS::input_euler_rate_yaw_euler_angle_pitch_bf_roll(bool plane_controls, float body_roll_cd, float euler_pitch_cd, float euler_yaw_rate_cds)
{
    // Convert from centidegrees on public interface to radians
    float euler_yaw_rate = radians(euler_yaw_rate_cds*0.01f);
    float euler_pitch    = radians(constrain_float(euler_pitch_cd * 0.01f, -90.0f, 90.0f));
    float body_roll      = radians(-body_roll_cd * 0.01f);

    const float cpitch = cosf(euler_pitch);
    const float spitch = fabsf(sinf(euler_pitch));

    // Compute attitude error
    Quaternion attitude_body;
    Quaternion error_quat;
    _ahrs.get_quat_body_to_ned(attitude_body);
    error_quat = attitude_body.inverse() * _attitude_target;
    Vector3f att_error;
    error_quat.to_axis_angle(att_error);

    // update heading
    float yaw_rate = euler_yaw_rate;
    if (plane_controls) {
        yaw_rate = (euler_yaw_rate * spitch) + (body_roll * cpitch);
    }
    // limit yaw error
    float yaw_error = fabsf(att_error.z);
    float error_ratio = yaw_error / M_PI_2;
    if (error_ratio > 1) {
        yaw_rate /= (error_ratio * error_ratio);
    }
    _euler_angle_target.z = wrap_PI(_euler_angle_target.z + yaw_rate * _dt);

    // init attitude target to desired euler yaw and pitch with zero roll
    _attitude_target.from_euler(0, euler_pitch, _euler_angle_target.z);

    // apply body-frame yaw/roll (this is roll/yaw for a tailsitter in forward flight)
    // rotate body_roll axis by |sin(pitch angle)|
    Quaternion bf_roll_Q;
    bf_roll_Q.from_axis_angle(Vector3f(0, 0, spitch * body_roll));

    // rotate body_yaw axis by cos(pitch angle)
    Quaternion bf_yaw_Q;
    if (plane_controls) {
        bf_yaw_Q.from_axis_angle(Vector3f(cpitch, 0, 0), euler_yaw_rate);
    } else {
        bf_yaw_Q.from_axis_angle(Vector3f(-cpitch * body_roll, 0, 0));
    }
    _attitude_target = _attitude_target * bf_roll_Q * bf_yaw_Q;

    // _euler_angle_target roll and pitch: Note: roll/yaw will be indeterminate when pitch is near +/-90
    // These should be used only for logging target eulers, with the caveat noted above.
    // Also note that _attitude_target.from_euler() should only be used in special circumstances
    // such as when attitude is specified directly in terms of Euler angles.
    //    _euler_angle_target.x = _attitude_target.get_euler_roll();
    //    _euler_angle_target.y = euler_pitch;

    // Set rate feedforward requests to zero
    _euler_rate_target.zero();
    _ang_vel_target.zero();

    // Compute attitude error
    error_quat = attitude_body.inverse() * _attitude_target;
    error_quat.to_axis_angle(att_error);

    // Compute the angular velocity target from the attitude error
    _ang_vel_body = update_ang_vel_target_from_att_error(att_error);
}