Re: [Paparazzi-devel] battery energy consumed too fast in simulation.

[Chris]

Hi Gautier
No i don't mind about those parameters, what i found is that the energy reading is too high for the
current set by the  <define name="MILLIAMP_AT_FULL_THROTTLE"        value="40000"/>
ie. the module adds the mah too fast and i had to alter the code like that:

#ifndef SITL
  electrical.energy += ((float)electrical.current) / 3600.0f / ELECTRICAL_PERIODIC_FREQ;
#else
  electrical.energy += ((float)electrical.current) / 3600.0f / 60; // for the simulator only
#endif

for 5 minutes at 8.5A the energy consumed was calculated at 4Ah !
Chris

On 06/12/2016 11:37 PM, Gautier Hattenberger wrote:

Hi,

Are you talking about the fixed-wing sim ? The battery model doesn't use these parameters. If you enable the 'auto' battery mode in the simulation box, the bat level will decrease as a function of the throttle and a fixed gain... well, the comment (from 2005) speaks by himself: https://github.com/paparazzi/paparazzi/blob/master/sw/simulator/sitl.ml#L73

Gautier

Le 11/06/2016 20:51, hendrixgr . a écrit :

Hi.

I am simulating some long flights i will do next month and i noticed something strange.

Although i have set the maximum current correctly and the simulated current draw is spot on (as measured with a watt meter) the reported mah consumption is way too much.

For 5 minutes at 8.5 Amps@ 32% throttle the energy reported was about 4Ah when it should be at about 0.7 Ah !!!

Something is wrong or i am doing something wrong....

Here is my relevant airframe file
<section name="BAT">
    <define name="VOLTAGE_ADC_A" value="0.009422237"/>
        <define name="VOLTAGE_ADC_B" value="0.0"/>
        <define name="VoltageOfAdc(adc)" value ="(VOLTAGE_ADC_A * adc + VOLTAGE_ADC_B)"/>
    <define name="MILLIAMP_AT_FULL_THROTTLE"        value="40000"/>
    <define name="BAT_CAPACITY"                value="18000."/>
    <define name="CATASTROPHIC_BAT_LEVEL"            value="10" unit="V"/>
    <define name="CRITIC_BAT_LEVEL"                value="12.8" unit="V"/>
    <define name="LOW_BAT_LEVEL"                value="13.5" unit="V"/>
    <define name="MAX_BAT_LEVEL"                value="16.8" unit="V"/>
</section>

Chris

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