import time import math import random from pimoroni import PID, NORMAL_DIR # , REVERSED_DIR from inventor import Inventor2040W, MOTOR_A """ An example of how to move a motor smoothly between random positions, with velocity limits, with the help of it's attached encoder and PID control. Press "User" to exit the program. """ GEAR_RATIO = 50 # The gear ratio of the motor DIRECTION = NORMAL_DIR # The direction to spin the motor in. NORMAL_DIR (0), REVERSED_DIR (1) SPEED_SCALE = 5.4 # The scaling to apply to the motor's speed to match its real-world speed UPDATES = 100 # How many times to update the motor per second UPDATE_RATE = 1 / UPDATES TIME_FOR_EACH_MOVE = 1 # The time to travel between each random value, in seconds UPDATES_PER_MOVE = TIME_FOR_EACH_MOVE * UPDATES PRINT_DIVIDER = 4 # How many of the updates should be printed (i.e. 2 would be every other update) # Multipliers for the different printed values, so they appear nicely on the Thonny plotter ACC_PRINT_SCALE = 2 # Acceleration multiplier SPD_PRINT_SCALE = 40 # Driving Speed multipler POSITION_EXTENT = 180 # How far from zero to move the motor, in degrees MAX_SPEED = 1.0 # The maximum speed to move the motor at, in revolutions per second INTERP_MODE = 0 # The interpolating mode between setpoints. STEP (0), LINEAR (1), COSINE (2) # PID values POS_KP = 0.025 # Position proportional (P) gain POS_KI = 0.0 # Position integral (I) gain POS_KD = 0.0 # Position derivative (D) gain VEL_KP = 30.0 # Velocity proportional (P) gain VEL_KI = 0.0 # Velocity integral (I) gain VEL_KD = 0.4 # Velocity derivative (D) gain # Create a new Inventor2040W and get a motor and encoder from it board = Inventor2040W(motor_gear_ratio=GEAR_RATIO) m = board.motors[MOTOR_A] enc = board.encoders[MOTOR_A] # Set the motor's speed scale m.speed_scale(SPEED_SCALE) # Set the motor and encoder's direction m.direction(DIRECTION) enc.direction(DIRECTION) # Create PID objects for both position and velocity control pos_pid = PID(POS_KP, POS_KI, POS_KD, UPDATE_RATE) vel_pid = PID(VEL_KP, VEL_KI, VEL_KD, UPDATE_RATE) # Enable the motor to get started m.enable() update = 0 print_count = 0 # Set the initial value and create a random end value between the extents start_value = 0.0 end_value = random.uniform(-POSITION_EXTENT, POSITION_EXTENT) # Continually move the motor until the user button is pressed while not board.switch_pressed(): # Capture the state of the encoder capture = enc.capture() # Calculate how far along this movement to be percent_along = min(update / UPDATES_PER_MOVE, 1.0) if INTERP_MODE == 0: # Move the motor instantly to the end value pos_pid.setpoint = end_value elif INTERP_MODE == 2: # Move the motor between values using cosine pos_pid.setpoint = (((-math.cos(percent_along * math.pi) + 1.0) / 2.0) * (end_value - start_value)) + start_value else: # Move the motor linearly between values pos_pid.setpoint = (percent_along * (end_value - start_value)) + start_value # Calculate the velocity to move the motor closer to the position setpoint vel = pos_pid.calculate(capture.degrees, capture.degrees_per_second) # Limit the velocity between user defined limits, and set it as the new setpoint of the velocity PID vel_pid.setpoint = max(min(vel, MAX_SPEED), -MAX_SPEED) # Calculate the acceleration to apply to the motor to move it closer to the velocity setpoint accel = vel_pid.calculate(capture.revolutions_per_second) # Accelerate or decelerate the motor m.speed(m.speed() + (accel * UPDATE_RATE)) # Print out the current motor values and their setpoints, but only on every multiple if print_count == 0: print("Pos =", capture.degrees, end=", ") print("Pos SP =", pos_pid.setpoint, end=", ") print("Vel =", capture.revolutions_per_second * SPD_PRINT_SCALE, end=", ") print("Vel SP =", vel_pid.setpoint * SPD_PRINT_SCALE, end=", ") print("Accel =", accel * ACC_PRINT_SCALE, end=", ") print("Speed =", m.speed() * SPD_PRINT_SCALE) # Increment the print count, and wrap it print_count = (print_count + 1) % PRINT_DIVIDER update += 1 # Move along in time # Have we reached the end of this movement? if update >= UPDATES_PER_MOVE: update = 0 # Reset the counter # Set the start as the last end and create a new random end value start_value = end_value end_value = random.uniform(-POSITION_EXTENT, POSITION_EXTENT) time.sleep(UPDATE_RATE) # Disable the motor m.disable()