Subsystem/ahrs

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AHRS subsystem

The AHRS subsystem specifies which attitude estimation filter you are using.

e.g. for the complementary filter:

File: conf/airframes/myplane.xml
  <firmware name="fixedwing or rotorcraft">
     ...
    <subsystem name="ahrs" type="int_cmpl_euler"/>
  </firmware>

There is a test program ( sw/airborne/test/ahrs/compare_ahrs.py ) to compare different AHRS implementations on simple test cases.


Other flags of interest are:

  • AHRS_PROPAGATE_LOW_PASS_RATES : apply a low pass filter on rotational velocity
  • AHRS_MAG_UPDATE_YAW_ONLY : use mag to update yaw only

Complementary Euler (fixed point)

Complementary Quaternion (fixed point)

For the latest integer complementary quaternion filter (int_cmpl_quat):

File: conf/airframes/myplane.xml
  <firmware name="rotorcraft">
     ...
    <subsystem name="ahrs" type="int_cmpl_quat"/>
  </firmware>

  <section name="AHRS" prefix="AHRS_">
    <define name="H_X" value=" 0.51562740288882"/>
    <define name="H_Y" value="-0.05707735220832"/>
    <define name="H_Z" value=" 0.85490967783446"/>
  </section>


To calculate the normalised local magnetic field insert the relevant location coordinates hereand calculate.


Screenshot of noaa page. Noaa mag data.png


Copy the north(x),east(y),vertical(z) component values into scilab and execute "X/norm(X)".


Screenshot of scilab page. Normalised mag fields.png

DCM (floating point)

Infrared