Gyro readings corrupted!

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  • #4126
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    Jošt Novak
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    Hello,

    we examined gyro readings and noticed some strange behaviour.
    Gyro seems to “perform” strange jumps periodically (see attached photo).

    We have tried replacing gyro and examined monobrick gyro/uart code, but no successes.
    It seems, that gyro read buffer is “broken”

    Is anybody else experiencing same problems? (we have also used example code, but again, no success).

    best Regards,
    Jost Novak

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    #4128
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    Anders Søborg
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    Hi

    This is really a nice finding. I would like you to do another test if it is possible…try to sample at a lower frequency. Do you get the same result?

    Have you tried to do a similar thing with the standard firmware?

    Also what do you exactly mean by

    We have tried replacing gyro and examined monobrick gyro/uart code, but no successes…

    Thanks a lot…

    Anders

    #4132
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    544449
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    Hey, we’re teammates. I have attached three pictures and raw files at different sampling rates.

    Also what do you exactly mean by

    We have tried replacing gyro and examined monobrick gyro/uart code, but no successes…

    We have replaced gyro with one from the different EV3 set and results were the same. Jošt has also looked in the gyro drivers and he didn’t find any problems.

    best regards,

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    #4137
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    Anders Søborg
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    Hi

    We have replaced gyro with one from the different EV3 set and results were the same. Jošt has also looked in the gyro drivers and he didn’t find any problems.

    I actually think that there is a problem with the UART driver. Most likely something to do with the CalcRawOffset() function in the UART class… it might be possible to figure out what “index” to use if the whole raw data set is read and plotted… then it should be possible to see what indexes match.

    Anders

    #4138
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    544449
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    Have you tried to do a similar thing with the standard firmware?

    No, we haven’t tried to do same thing with standard firmware.

    It also appears that at 1ms sampling time every other sample is duplicated (or I just didn’t rotate gyro fast enough).

    below is the code that was used for measurements:

    using System;
    using System.Threading;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Resources;
    using MonoBrickFirmware.Display;
    using MonoBrickFirmware.UserInput;
    using MonoBrickFirmware.Sensors;
    
    namespace GyroSensorExample
    {
    	class MainClass
    	{
    		public static void Main (string[] args)
    		{
    			var gyro = new EV3GyroSensor(SensorPort.In1, GyroMode.Angle);
    
                gyro.Reset();
                Thread.Sleep(1000);
                int x=0;
                do
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("{0:F}", gyro.Read());
                    Thread.Sleep(20);
                    x++;
                }
                while (x < 1000);
    		}
    	}
    }
    #4139
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    Anders Søborg
    Keymaster

    Also would it be possible for you to share plots from other UART sensors?

    Anders

    #4140
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    544449
    Participant

    Attached here is plot of color sensor and there appears to be similar problems.

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    #4142
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    Anders Søborg
    Keymaster

    Thanks I will have a look at it.

    Anders

    #4143
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    Jošt Novak
    Participant

    I actually think that there is a problem with the UART driver. Most likely something to do with the CalcRawOffset() function in the UART class… it might be possible to figure out what “index” to use if the whole raw data set is read and plotted… then it should be possible to see what indexes match.

    Anders

    I examined exactly that part of the code, but i couldn’t figure out how indexing works… by UART driver you mean d_uart kernel driver written in C? or monobrick uart class?

    I also tried recompiling d_uart module from git repository at https://github.com/mindboards/ev3sources
    and replacing it with “your” d_uart module (same result)

    Regards,
    Novak Jost

    #4148
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    Anders Søborg
    Keymaster

    I am looking into this… hopefully I will have a fix for it soon…

    Anders

    #4150
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    Anders Søborg
    Keymaster

    Hi

    I just located the problem… I will have a fix ready a.s.p.

    Anders

    #4152
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    Anders Søborg
    Keymaster

    Hi all

    Problem has been fixed… I will commit it tomorrow… I am off to bed.

    Anders

    #4153
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    Anders Søborg
    Keymaster

    Hi

    Fix has been committed to GIT. I will update the download link with a new version later today… Again thanks for finding this bug…

    Anders

    #4155
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    Jošt Novak
    Participant

    Thats great,

    just pulled your commits, will test later!
    Thanks for your support.

    Regards,
    Novak Jost

    #4159
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    Anders Søborg
    Keymaster

    Hi

    No problem…

    Anders

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