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Changelog

Unreleased

Changed

  • improved install script to do a complete installation also with Julia 1.11
  • improved create_sys_image script to use less memory on Julia 1.12 and to suppress one warning

Fixed

  • decreased v_min to 0.15 m/s (the speed when the brake gets released) to fix sporadic winch controller failures

KiteControllers v0.2.20 - 2026-03-15

Changed

  • fixed new JETLS warnings, also in the tests
  • improved script test_flightpathcontroller1.jl, added unit tests
  • improved the plot_timing, it now shows a line at the real-time limit
  • improve documentation
  • bump ControlPlots to 0.2.14 to fix an MacOS bug
  • bump KiteViewers to 0.5.2 to avoid GUI artifact when starting the autopilot
  • add shutdown guard to avoid showing a 2D plot when closing the autopilot.jl window
  • re-wrote the script update_default_manifest

Added

  • support for MacOS
  • the script test/test_menu.jl for running manual controller tests

KiteControllers v0.2.19 - 2026-03-12

Changed

  • TestEnv is not used any more
  • use subprojects
  • add .JETLSConfig.toml.default for new linter
  • fix all JETLS warnings
  • update packages; the performance increased a lot
  • bump KiteUtils to 0.11.4
  • the run_julia script accepts now a script name as parameter
  • improve script install
  • improved installation instructions
  • documented more functions of FlightPathPlanner
  • the examples tune_1p.jl and tune_4p.jl where updated. They now use the NOMAD optimizer.
  • the performance improved by a factor of about 7. The GUI can now 24x real-time. In batch mode, 180x realtime can be achieved

Added

  • add Documenter.jl based documentation
  • add script batch_pilot.jl for simulating a set of projects
  • add Bash script batch_pilot as driver for batch_pilot. It supports the --help command. It can run 180x realtime.
  • add Bash script batch_plot to plot the results and calculate statistics. It supports the --help command.
  • add Bash script jetls to run the static code analysis
  • add Bash script jetls_examples to run the static code analysis on the files in the examples folder.

KiteControllers v0.2.18 2025-07-14

Changed

  • update KiteModels to 0.9.0; this version supports turbulent wind fields

Fixes

  • fix broken dependencies (KiteUtils)

KiteControllers v0.2.17 2025-06-20

Changed

  • remove all code related to the winch controller and use the package WinchControllers instead
  • bump KiteUtils and KiteModels
  • update yaml files for new version of KiteUtils

KiteControllers v0.2.16 2025-05-13

Added

  • the function install_examples()

KiteControllers v0.2.15 2025-05-12

Fixed

  • plot_main had wrong labels

Added

  • add yaw_rate and steering to AoA plot

Changed

  • remove outdated example tune_4p.jl from menu
  • the script create_sys_image now checks if the current Julia version is too old
  • bump KiteUtils to 0.10.5
  • bump KiteModels to 0.7.3

KiteControllers v0.2.14 2025-04-22

Fixed

  • disable multithreading in run_julia to avoid crashes related to PyPlot

Changed

  • update the script create_sys_image to support both Julia 1.10 and Julia 1.11
  • add Aqua.jl for quality insurance
  • remove unused dependencies found by Aqua
  • bump KiteUtils to 0.10.3
  • bump KiteModels to 0.7

KiteControllers v0.2.13 2025-01-22

Fixed

  • add new version of FFTW as dependency to fix Windows issue

KiteControllers v0.2.12 2025-01-21

  • change the point zenith to 79° elevation, 0° azimuth
  • change the initialization in autopilot.jl to work better for high wind speeds

KiteControllers v0.2.11 2025-01-16

Changed

  • use KiteModels v0.6.14, which defines the azimuth angle and the orientation differently and make the controllers and examples work with the new definitions
  • bump KiteUtils to v0.9.6 The new version has new fields in the SysState struct that are used for logging.
  • the constructor SystemStateControl()now needs the additional parameter v_wind
  • the constructors WCSettings(), FPCSettings() and FPPSettings() now have the new argument update. If true, then the settings are loaded from the corresponding yaml file.
  • do not use the function update_sys_state!() any longer because it is buggy
  • reexport KiteUtils
  • when executing bin/run_julia, always execute using KiteControllers before displaying the REPL
  • make use of the environment variable "USE_V9"; if set, use a different (proprietary) settings file
  • improve example parking_wind_dir.jl

Fixed

  • fixed logging of the height and X, Y and Z
  • plotting of the height is fixed in autopilot.jl

Added

  • the menu with the examples can now started by typing menu()
  • add the script parking_wind_dir.jl that tests the parking controller when the wind direction is changing
  • add the script parking_controller.jl which implements a dual-loop parking controller. The inner loop controls the turn rate. It has an excellent performance.
  • add the script test/menu.jl which allows to execute the manual tests, that display plots and fix the tests

KiteControllers v0.2.10 - 2024-09-07

Changed

  • the script create_sys_image is now installing matplotlib if required
  • removed calls to se() to be sure the correct settings from the variable set are used
  • fixed the wrong polars in the yaml settings for the 20 m² kite
  • use the new, correct methods for calculating the polars in autopilot.jl
  • added the new fields needed for the new winch controller release
  • bump KiteUtils to 0.7.9
  • bump KiteModels to 0.6.6

Fixed

  • fix all failing test scripts
  • fix most of the example, and the script menu.jlto run the examples interactively

KiteControllers v0.2.9 - 2024-08-07

Changed

  • bump KiteUtils to 0.7.4
  • bump KiteModels to 0.6.3
  • fix some examples and the script create_sys_image
  • explain different installation methods in README.md

KiteControllers v0.2.8 - 2024-07-28

Changed

  • bump KiteUtils to 0.7.2
  • bump WinchModels to 0.3.2
  • bump KiteViewers to 0.4.16
  • adapt WinchController to new WinchModel interface
  • fix tests

KiteControllers v0.2.7 - 2024-07-12

Fixed

  • fix control_plot on Windows (added sleep)
  • fix cycle counting in FPP

Added

  • add function plot_timing2()
  • add lower limit for C2 of 2.0

Changed

  • bump KiteViewers.jl to 0.4.14
  • upgrade GLFW to latest version (the original issue is fixed now)

KiteControllers v0.2.6 - 2024-07-02

Changed

  • downgrade GLFW_jll to fix an issue on Ubuntu 24.04 and on Mac

Added

  • add section kps4-3l to all settings files to be compatible with the latest KiteUtils package

KiteControllers v0.2.5 - 2024-06-26

Added

  • copyright disclaimer from TU Delft

Changed

  • fix #35, save the default log file in the output folder

KiteControllers v0.2.4 - 2024-06-18

Changed

  • add the field corr_vec to all fpp_settings_xxx.yaml files
  • modify kiteobserver.jl to use this correction vector
  • the projects hydra10_951 and hydra20_600 hydra20_920 work correctly now; key change: set k_c2_high to 6.0
  • new plot control_plot_II
  • remove compatibility with Julia 1.9, version 1.10 is the only supported version now

KiteControllers v0.2.3 - 2024-05-06

Changed

  • use 60 Hz refresh rate for 3x, 6x, 9x and 12x time lapse
  • refactoring: add type KiteApp to the script autopilot.jl
  • make use of log_level settings, print a lot less for log_level=0
  • refactoring: split flightpathplanner.jl in flightpathplanner.jl and flightpathcalculator.jl
  • created the simplified components flightpathplanner2.jl and flightpathcalculator2.jl;
    they are easier to understand and contain a lot less hard-coded constants

Added

  • adapt time_lapse according to menu selection
  • adapt text_mod such that the text update rate stays constant
  • make it possible to change t_sim using the GUI
  • add the plots plot_elev_az2 and plot_side_view2 that omit the first power cycle
  • add the plots plot_elev_az3, plot_side_view3 and plot_front_view3 that omit the first two power cycles
  • add the plot aerodynamics that plots the lift-over-drag of the kite
  • add time series of fig8 to plot_control
  • add the file kiteobservers.jl which provides the type KiteObserver and methods to determine deviations from the desired flight path
  • add the script learning.jl that provides the method train() that implements iterative learning of a vector of flight path corrections

KiteControllers v0.2.2 - 2024-03-29

Changed

  • the new, pure Julia solver DFBDF is now the default. It is on average 4 times faster, uses only half the memory and is much more stable. In my tests, for rel_tol $=0.0005$ the solver induced error of the peak tether force and the harvested energy was always $<0.1$%.

Added

  • the example autopilot.jl was vastly improved
  • a menu with 6 pre-defined plots was added to the GUI
  • a statistics dialog was added to the menu
  • saving and loading of log files added to the menu
  • a second menu was added that allows to change the tolerance of the solver