/* stepper_plan.c - buffers movement commands and manages the acceleration profile plan Part of Grbl Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Simen Svale Skogsrud Grbl is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Grbl is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Grbl. If not, see . */ #include #include #include #include "stepper_plan.h" #include "nuts_bolts.h" #include "stepper.h" #include "config.h" #include "wiring_serial.h" struct Block block_buffer[BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE]; // A ring buffer for motion instructions volatile int block_buffer_head; // Index of the next block to be pushed volatile int block_buffer_tail; // Index of the block to process now uint8_t acceleration_management; // Acceleration management active? // NOTE: See bottom of this module for a comment outlining the reasoning behind the mathematics of the // following functions. // Calculates the distance (not time) it takes to accelerate from initial_rate to target_rate using the // given acceleration: inline double estimate_acceleration_distance(double initial_rate, double target_rate, double acceleration) { return((target_rate*target_rate-initial_rate*initial_rate)/(2L*acceleration)); } // This function gives you the point at which you must start braking (at the rate of -acceleration) if // you started at speed initial_rate and accelerated until this point and want to end at the final_rate after // a total travel of distance. This can be used to compute the intersection point between acceleration and // deceleration in the cases where the trapezoid has no plateau (i.e. never reaches maximum speed) /* + <- some maximum rate we don't care about /|\ / | \ / | + <- final_rate / | | initial_rate -> +----+--+ ^ ^ | | intersection_distance distance */ inline double intersection_distance(double initial_rate, double final_rate, double acceleration, double distance) { return((2*acceleration*distance-initial_rate*initial_rate+final_rate*final_rate)/(4*acceleration)); } // Calculates trapezoid parameters so that the entry- and exit-speed is compensated by the provided factors. // The factors represent a factor of braking and must be in the range 0.0-1.0. /* +--------+ <- nominal_rate / \ nominal_rate*entry_factor -> + \ | + <- nominal_rate*exit_factor +-------------+ time --> */ void calculate_trapezoid_for_block(struct Block *block, double entry_factor, double exit_factor) { block->initial_rate = ceil(block->nominal_rate*entry_factor); int32_t final_rate = ceil(block->nominal_rate*entry_factor); int32_t acceleration_per_minute = block->rate_delta*ACCELERATION_TICKS_PER_SECOND*60.0; int32_t accelerate_steps = ceil(estimate_acceleration_distance(block->initial_rate, block->nominal_rate, acceleration_per_minute)); int32_t decelerate_steps = ceil(estimate_acceleration_distance(block->nominal_rate, final_rate, -acceleration_per_minute)); // Calculate the size of Plateau of Nominal Rate. int32_t plateau_steps = block->step_event_count-accelerate_steps-decelerate_steps; // Is the Plateau of Nominal Rate smaller than nothing? That means no cruising, and we will // have to use intersection_distance() to calculate when to abort acceleration and start braking // in order to reach the final_rate exactly at the end of this block. if (plateau_steps < 0) { plateau_steps = 0; accelerate_steps = ceil( intersection_distance(block->initial_rate, final_rate, acceleration_per_minute, block->step_event_count)); } block->accelerate_until = accelerate_steps; block->decelerate_after = accelerate_steps+plateau_steps; } // Calculates the maximum allowable speed at this point when you must be able to reach target_velocity using the // acceleration within the allotted distance. inline double max_allowable_speed(double acceleration, double target_velocity, double distance) { return(sqrt(target_velocity*target_velocity-2*acceleration*distance)); } // "Junction jerk" in this context is the immediate change in speed at the junction of two blocks. // This method will calculate the junction jerk as the euclidean distance between the nominal // velocities of the respective blocks. inline double junction_jerk(struct Block *before, struct Block *after) { return(sqrt( pow(before->speed_x-after->speed_x, 2)+ pow(before->speed_y-after->speed_y, 2)+ pow(before->speed_z-after->speed_z, 2)) ); } // The kernel called by recalculate_plan() when scanning the plan from last to first void planner_reverse_pass_kernel(struct Block *previous, struct Block *current, struct Block *next) { if(!current){return;} double entry_factor = 1.0; double exit_factor; if (next) { exit_factor = next->entry_factor; } else { exit_factor = 0.0; } // Calculate the entry_factor for the current block. if (previous) { // Reduce speed so that junction_jerk is within the maximum allowed double jerk = junction_jerk(previous, current); if (jerk > settings.max_jerk) { entry_factor = (settings.max_jerk/jerk); } // If the required deceleration across the block is too rapid, reduce the entry_factor accordingly. if (entry_factor > exit_factor) { double max_entry_speed = max_allowable_speed(-settings.acceleration,current->nominal_speed*exit_factor, current->millimeters); double max_entry_factor = max_entry_speed/current->nominal_speed; if (max_entry_factor < entry_factor) { entry_factor = max_entry_factor; } } } else { entry_factor = 0.0; } // Store result current->entry_factor = entry_factor; } // recalculate_plan() needs to go over the current plan twice. Once in reverse and once forward. This // implements the reverse pass. void planner_reverse_pass() { auto int8_t block_index = block_buffer_head; struct Block *block[3] = {NULL, NULL, NULL}; while(block_index != block_buffer_tail) { block[2]= block[1]; block[1]= block[0]; block[0] = &block_buffer[block_index]; planner_reverse_pass_kernel(block[0], block[1], block[2]); block_index = (block_index-1) % BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE; } planner_reverse_pass_kernel(NULL, block[0], block[1]); } void planner_forward_pass_kernel(struct Block *previous, struct Block *current, struct Block *next) { if(!current){return;} // If the previous block is an acceleration block, but it is not long enough to // complete the full speed change within the block, we need to adjust out entry // speed accordingly. Remember current->entry_factor equals the exit factor of // the previous block. if(previous->entry_factor < current->entry_factor) { double max_entry_speed = max_allowable_speed(-settings.acceleration, current->nominal_speed*previous->entry_factor, previous->millimeters); double max_entry_factor = max_entry_speed/current->nominal_speed; if (max_entry_factor < current->entry_factor) { current->entry_factor = max_entry_factor; } } } void planner_forward_pass() { int8_t block_index = block_buffer_tail; struct Block *block[3] = {NULL, NULL, NULL}; while(block_index != block_buffer_head) { block[0] = block[1]; block[1] = block[2]; block[2] = &block_buffer[block_index]; planner_forward_pass_kernel(block[0],block[1],block[2]); block_index = (block_index+1) % BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE; } planner_forward_pass_kernel(block[1], block[2], NULL); } void planner_recalculate_trapezoids() { int8_t block_index = block_buffer_tail; struct Block *current; struct Block *next = NULL; while(block_index != block_buffer_head) { current = next; next = &block_buffer[block_index]; if (current) { calculate_trapezoid_for_block(current, current->entry_factor, next->entry_factor); } block_index = (block_index+1) % BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE; } calculate_trapezoid_for_block(next, next->entry_factor, 0.0); } void planner_recalculate() { planner_reverse_pass(); planner_forward_pass(); planner_recalculate_trapezoids(); } void plan_enable_acceleration_management() { if (!acceleration_management) { st_synchronize(); acceleration_management = TRUE; } } void plan_disable_acceleration_management() { if(acceleration_management) { st_synchronize(); acceleration_management = FALSE; } } void plan_init() { block_buffer_head = 0; block_buffer_tail = 0; plan_enable_acceleration_management(); } // Add a new linear movement to the buffer. steps_x, _y and _z is the signed, relative motion in // steps. Microseconds specify how many microseconds the move should take to perform. To aid acceleration // calculation the caller must also provide the physical length of the line in millimeters. void plan_buffer_line(int32_t steps_x, int32_t steps_y, int32_t steps_z, uint32_t microseconds, double millimeters) { // Calculate the buffer head after we push this byte int next_buffer_head = (block_buffer_head + 1) % BLOCK_BUFFER_SIZE; // If the buffer is full: good! That means we are well ahead of the robot. // Rest here until there is room in the buffer. while(block_buffer_tail == next_buffer_head) { sleep_mode(); } // Prepare to set up new block struct Block *block = &block_buffer[block_buffer_head]; // Number of steps for each axis block->steps_x = labs(steps_x); block->steps_y = labs(steps_y); block->steps_z = labs(steps_z); block->step_event_count = max(block->steps_x, max(block->steps_y, block->steps_z)); // Bail if this is a zero-length block if (block->step_event_count == 0) { return; }; // Calculate speed in mm/minute for each axis double multiplier = 60.0*1000000.0/microseconds; block->speed_x = block->steps_x*multiplier/settings.steps_per_mm[0]; block->speed_y = block->steps_y*multiplier/settings.steps_per_mm[1]; block->speed_z = block->steps_z*multiplier/settings.steps_per_mm[2]; block->nominal_speed = millimeters*multiplier; block->nominal_rate = ceil(block->step_event_count*multiplier); // Compute the acceleration rate for the trapezoid generator. Depending on the slope of the line // average travel per step event changes. For a line along one axis the travel per step event // is equal to the travel/step in the particular axis. For a 45 degree line the steppers of both // axes might step for every step event. Travel per step event is then sqrt(travel_x^2+travel_y^2). // To generate trapezoids with contant acceleration between blocks the rate_delta must be computed // specifically for each line to compensate for this phenomenon: double travel_per_step = millimeters/block->step_event_count; block->rate_delta = ceil( ((settings.acceleration*60.0)/(ACCELERATION_TICKS_PER_SECOND))/ // acceleration mm/sec/sec per acceleration_tick travel_per_step); // convert to: acceleration steps/min/acceleration_tick if (acceleration_management) { calculate_trapezoid_for_block(block,0,0); // compute a conservative acceleration trapezoid for now } else { block->accelerate_until = 0; block->decelerate_after = 0; block->rate_delta = 0; } // Compute direction bits for this block block->direction_bits = 0; if (steps_x < 0) { block->direction_bits |= (1<direction_bits |= (1<direction_bits |= (1< (m^2 - s^2)/(2 a) --> estimate_acceleration_distance() Speed after a given distance of travel with constant acceleration: Solve[{Speed[s, a, t] == m, Travel[s, a, t] == d}, m, t] m -> Sqrt[2 a d + s^2] DestinationSpeed[s_, a_, d_] := Sqrt[2 a d + s^2] When to start braking (di) to reach a specified destionation speed (s2) after accelerating from initial speed s1 without ever stopping at a plateau: Solve[{DestinationSpeed[s1, a, di] == DestinationSpeed[s2, a, d - di]}, di] di -> (2 a d - s1^2 + s2^2)/(4 a) --> intersection_distance() IntersectionDistance[s1_, s2_, a_, d_] := (2 a d - s1^2 + s2^2)/(4 a) */