Multi-EKF support (ekf2)

- ekf2 can now run in multi-instance mode (currently up to 9 instances)
    - in multi mode all estimates are published to alternate topics (eg estimator_attitude instead of vehicle_attitude)
 - new ekf2 selector runs in multi-instance mode to monitor and compare all instances, selecting a primary (eg N x estimator_attitude => vehicle_attitude)
 - sensors module accel & gyro inconsistency checks are now relative to the mean of all instances, rather than the current primary (when active ekf2 selector is responsible for choosing primary accel & gyro)
 - existing consumers of estimator_status must check estimator_selector_status to select current primary instance status
 - ekf2 single instance mode is still fully supported and the default

Co-authored-by: Paul Riseborough <gncsolns@gmail.com>
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Daniel Agar
2020-10-27 10:56:11 -04:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Paul Riseborough
parent d5245a22d3
commit 0f411d6820
56 changed files with 1747 additions and 295 deletions
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
#include <uORB/SubscriptionMultiArray.hpp>
#include <uORB/topics/airspeed.h>
#include <uORB/topics/airspeed_validated.h>
#include <uORB/topics/estimator_selector_status.h>
#include <uORB/topics/estimator_status.h>
#include <uORB/topics/mavlink_log.h>
#include <uORB/topics/parameter_update.h>
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ private:
uORB::PublicationMulti<wind_estimate_s> _wind_est_pub[MAX_NUM_AIRSPEED_SENSORS + 1] {{ORB_ID(wind_estimate)}, {ORB_ID(wind_estimate)}, {ORB_ID(wind_estimate)}, {ORB_ID(wind_estimate)}}; /**< wind estimate topic (for each airspeed validator + purely sideslip fusion) */
orb_advert_t _mavlink_log_pub {nullptr}; /**< mavlink log topic*/
uORB::Subscription _estimator_selector_status_sub{ORB_ID(estimator_selector_status)};
uORB::Subscription _estimator_status_sub{ORB_ID(estimator_status)};
uORB::Subscription _param_sub{ORB_ID(parameter_update)};
uORB::Subscription _vehicle_acceleration_sub{ORB_ID(vehicle_acceleration)};
@@ -430,6 +432,17 @@ void AirspeedModule::update_params()
void AirspeedModule::poll_topics()
{
// use primary estimator_status
if (_estimator_selector_status_sub.updated()) {
estimator_selector_status_s estimator_selector_status;
if (_estimator_selector_status_sub.copy(&estimator_selector_status)) {
if (estimator_selector_status.primary_instance != _estimator_status_sub.get_instance()) {
_estimator_status_sub.ChangeInstance(estimator_selector_status.primary_instance);
}
}
}
_estimator_status_sub.update(&_estimator_status);
_vehicle_acceleration_sub.update(&_accel);
_vehicle_air_data_sub.update(&_vehicle_air_data);