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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
<p>Booz is an extension of Paparazzi to VTOLs. At the current stage of the project, the system provides attitude stabilization, vertical and horizontal guidance and automatic navigation. It is able to use Paparazzi flight plans and uses Paparazzi telemetry and datalink, which means all the Paparazzi ground segment applications are available( plotter, settings, gcs, etc...)</p>


<graphviz border='frame' format='svg'>
<p>The current avionics consist of 3 boards</p>
digraph G {
[[Image:booz2_main.jpg|240px]]
  "attitude filter" [
[[Image:booz2_imu.jpg|240px]]
    URL="[[Booz#Attitude_Filter]]"
[[Image:Boozassy2.jpg|300px]]
    fontcolor=blue
  ]
  "actuators" [
    URL="[[Booz#Motor controllers]]"
    fontcolor=blue
  ]
  "supervision" [
    URL="[[Booz#Supervision]]"
    fontcolor=blue
  ]
  IMU->"attitude filter"
  "attitude filter"->"stabilization attitude" [label="filter_att_aligned[]"]
  "stabilization attitude"->supervision->actuators
  aligner->"attitude filter[[Link title]]"
  "r/c"->autopilot
  guidance_v->supervision
  nav->guidance_h->"stabilization attitude"
  nav->guidance_v
  GPS->INS->"stabilization attitude"
  GPS->guidance_h
  baro->guidance_v
  IMU->guidance_v
  autopilot->FMS->datalink
  datalink->FMS->autopilot
}
</graphviz>


* The main board, comprising power supply, a LPC2148 and a barometer.
* The IMU board, comprising gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers and a 16-bit ADC.
* The GPS board, using a LEA-5H by ublox.


== Running a simulator : quick start guide ==
<p>Additional Booz boards:</p>
[[Image:Med_BoozPower03.jpg|240px]]
* The "power" board.


* Extract a copy of paparazzi3 svn
<p>It flies on a variety of Quad-rotor platforms</p>
  svn co svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/paparazzi/paparazzi3/trunk paparazzi3


* Install all required dependancies
[[Image:small_quad.jpg|240px]]
apt-get install paparazzi-dev
[[Image:booz2_a2.jpg|240px]]
[[Image:booz2_a1.jpg|240px]]


and less common vehicles


* Compile JSBSIM
[[Image:booz2_a4.jpg|240px]]
  cvs co :pserver:anonymous@jsbsim.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jsbsim
[[Image:booz2_a4 2.jpg|240px]]
  cd JSBSim
[[Image:booz2_a5.jpg|240px]]
  ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-compile-warnings --enable-libraries --enable-shared --prefix=/opt/jsbsim
  make
  sudo make install


here is a ''[[Media:‎Jsbsim silent warnings.patch.gz.jpg|patch]]'' to silent warnings
== Simulator ==


* Compile paparazzi
Paparazzi features the advanced [[NPS]] simulator which can serve many purposes, from learning how to operate a vehicle to evaluating control or estimation algorithms.
  cd paparazzi3/trunk
  make


* Compile the vehicle
== Hardware ==
  make AIRCRAFT=BOOZ2_A1 clean_ac sim


=== Motor controllers ===
Booz is able to handle a number of quadrotor specific brushless motor controllers.


* Start paparazzi_center if you want click to start programs
more info in [[BoozMotorControllers]]
./paparazzi


* Start messages to watch the middleware activity ( from the tool menu of paparazzi center) or with
=== Power board ===
./sw/ground_segment/tmtc/messages
The power board allows to switch power on and off on your vehicle as well as to make a clean wiring by avoiding wired Y


* Start the sim
more info in [[BoozPowerBoard]]
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/jsbsim/lib ./var/BOOZ2_A1/sim/simsitl


You should now see activity in the "messages" window
=== Booz GPS ===
more info in [[BoozGPSBoard]]


* Plot the value of a message field.
=== IMU ===
start 'plotter' ( from the tool menu of paparazzi center) or with
Booz has support for its custom designed IMU as well as for [http://www.cloudcaptech.com/ Cloudcap] Crista IMU
  ./sw/logalizer/plotter
for example drag the label 'int32 phi' from the BOOZ2_FP message to the drawing area of the plotter


more info in [[BoozIMU]]


* Use the datalink to change the temetry mode
=== Autopilot ===
start 'settings' ( from the tool menu of paparazzi center) or with
Current version of Booz autopilot is based on a lpc2148
  ./sw/ground_segment/tmtc/settings -ac BOOZ2_A1
start 'server' to dispatch datalink messages ( from the tool menu of paparazzi center) or with
./sw/ground_segment/tmtc/server
change the field "telemetry" on the first page to "Att loop" and send by pressing the green check button. THe label on the left or the drop box should change to "Att loop" confirming your essage has been received. "message" should now show that the message "BOOZ2_STAB_ATTITUDE" is received


* Use flightgear to visualize your vehicle
more info in [[BoozAutopilot]]
If you want a view of a quadrotor in flightgear, make a link from
/usr/share/games/FlightGear/Models/Aircraft/paparazzi to PAPARAZZI_SRC/conf/simulator/flightgear/
start flighgear with
fgfs --fdm=null --native-gui=socket,in,30,,5501,udp --prop:/sim/model/path=Models/Aircraft/paparazzi/mikrokopter.xml
restart your simulator with
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/jsbsim/lib ./var/BOOZ2_A1/sim/simsitl --fghost 127.0.0.1


* Save you session
A new version of the autopilot, based on a STM32 is in development
 
more info in [[Lisa]]
 
=== Airframes ===
 
One nice thing about quadrotors is that the mechanics being extremely simple, they can be build with very few tools.
Booz mounting holes are compatible with popular of the shelf frames.
 
more info in [[BoozAirframes]]
 
===Purchasing Hardware===
<p>There are now vendors offering Booz hardware, Please see the [http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Get_Hardware Get Hardware] page for details.</p>
 
== Hardware Test ==
 
Booz comes with a number of simple test programs that you can use to validate a newly assembled board or learn how booz code works in case you want to extend it.
 
more info in [[BoozHardwareTest]]
 
== Software ==
 
=== Peripheral support ===
 
{|border="1"  cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="6"
!''Type #''!!''Model''!!''Booz''!!''Lisa/L''
|-
|IMU      ||Boozv1  ||yes||yes
|-
|          ||crista  ||yes||yes
|-
|          ||mti      || ? ||no
|-
|          ||vn100    ||?  ||no
|-
|RC        ||PPM      ||yes||no
|-
|          ||spektrum ||yes||yes
|-
|Actuators ||asctec  ||yes||yes
|-
|          ||mkk      ||yes||yes
|-
|          ||servospwm|| 2 || 6
|-
|          ||CAN      ||no || in progress
|-
|}
 
 
 
== Sensors Calibration ==
 
All the sensors needs to be calibrated in order to provide useful informations. The calibration process needs to be performed after the assembly of the vehicle is complete.
 
**Note:  The barometer on the Booz Main board is designed to work between -300 to 928 meters MSL.  In this range it will create a zero offset, and then give 10cm resolution for 100 meters of altitude.  BEWARE! if you fly above 100m the ADC will saturate.  In addition, if you are someplace that is above 928 meters MSL the baro will not calibrate on boot, and will not output values.  If you look at the RAW messages you will see that the BARO_RAW message reads 0 for both values.  To fix the latter issue, the Value of R20 on the Main board can be changed to change the range.  An example: If R20 is changes from a 560ohm to a 100ohm resistor, the new measurable range would be from -300 to 1800 meters.  Because this changes the gain on the sensor it will also change the amount of altitude you can read from the ADC.  For this case we reduce the amount to ~90 meters. 
 
more info in [[BoozSensorsCalibration]]
 
== GCS notes ==
* If you set your ground modems for an interface rate different than 9600bps you need to add a flag to the "link" program on startup. In GCS if you use "Execute" you will see "link" is the first. You can click stop, then modify the command line by clicking in the text area. Add the -s flag with the baud rate you use. In my case 57600. So I use: -s 57600. Then click "Redo" and link will be restarted with the new flag and value (and you will start seeing messages and GCS wil populate). So you don't have to repeat this each time do "Save Session" and this will save the changes.
 
== Airframe settings and Flight testing ==
* [[BoozAirframe]]
 
== User Gallery ==
 
This page holds a list of current Booz users
 
[[BoozUserList]]
 
[[Category:Autopilots]] [[Category:Booz]]

Latest revision as of 16:53, 20 June 2012

Booz logo.jpg

Overview

Booz is an extension of Paparazzi to VTOLs. At the current stage of the project, the system provides attitude stabilization, vertical and horizontal guidance and automatic navigation. It is able to use Paparazzi flight plans and uses Paparazzi telemetry and datalink, which means all the Paparazzi ground segment applications are available( plotter, settings, gcs, etc...)

The current avionics consist of 3 boards

Booz2 main.jpg Booz2 imu.jpg Boozassy2.jpg

  • The main board, comprising power supply, a LPC2148 and a barometer.
  • The IMU board, comprising gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers and a 16-bit ADC.
  • The GPS board, using a LEA-5H by ublox.

Additional Booz boards:

Med BoozPower03.jpg

  • The "power" board.

It flies on a variety of Quad-rotor platforms

Small quad.jpg Booz2 a2.jpg Booz2 a1.jpg

and less common vehicles

Booz2 a4.jpg Booz2 a4 2.jpg Booz2 a5.jpg

Simulator

Paparazzi features the advanced NPS simulator which can serve many purposes, from learning how to operate a vehicle to evaluating control or estimation algorithms.

Hardware

Motor controllers

Booz is able to handle a number of quadrotor specific brushless motor controllers.

more info in BoozMotorControllers

Power board

The power board allows to switch power on and off on your vehicle as well as to make a clean wiring by avoiding wired Y

more info in BoozPowerBoard

Booz GPS

more info in BoozGPSBoard

IMU

Booz has support for its custom designed IMU as well as for Cloudcap Crista IMU

more info in BoozIMU

Autopilot

Current version of Booz autopilot is based on a lpc2148

more info in BoozAutopilot

A new version of the autopilot, based on a STM32 is in development

more info in Lisa

Airframes

One nice thing about quadrotors is that the mechanics being extremely simple, they can be build with very few tools. Booz mounting holes are compatible with popular of the shelf frames.

more info in BoozAirframes

Purchasing Hardware

There are now vendors offering Booz hardware, Please see the Get Hardware page for details.

Hardware Test

Booz comes with a number of simple test programs that you can use to validate a newly assembled board or learn how booz code works in case you want to extend it.

more info in BoozHardwareTest

Software

Peripheral support

Type # Model Booz Lisa/L
IMU Boozv1 yes yes
crista yes yes
mti ? no
vn100 ? no
RC PPM yes no
spektrum yes yes
Actuators asctec yes yes
mkk yes yes
servospwm 2 6
CAN no in progress


Sensors Calibration

All the sensors needs to be calibrated in order to provide useful informations. The calibration process needs to be performed after the assembly of the vehicle is complete.

    • Note: The barometer on the Booz Main board is designed to work between -300 to 928 meters MSL. In this range it will create a zero offset, and then give 10cm resolution for 100 meters of altitude. BEWARE! if you fly above 100m the ADC will saturate. In addition, if you are someplace that is above 928 meters MSL the baro will not calibrate on boot, and will not output values. If you look at the RAW messages you will see that the BARO_RAW message reads 0 for both values. To fix the latter issue, the Value of R20 on the Main board can be changed to change the range. An example: If R20 is changes from a 560ohm to a 100ohm resistor, the new measurable range would be from -300 to 1800 meters. Because this changes the gain on the sensor it will also change the amount of altitude you can read from the ADC. For this case we reduce the amount to ~90 meters.

more info in BoozSensorsCalibration

GCS notes

  • If you set your ground modems for an interface rate different than 9600bps you need to add a flag to the "link" program on startup. In GCS if you use "Execute" you will see "link" is the first. You can click stop, then modify the command line by clicking in the text area. Add the -s flag with the baud rate you use. In my case 57600. So I use: -s 57600. Then click "Redo" and link will be restarted with the new flag and value (and you will start seeing messages and GCS wil populate). So you don't have to repeat this each time do "Save Session" and this will save the changes.

Airframe settings and Flight testing

User Gallery

This page holds a list of current Booz users

BoozUserList