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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
Julian Oes - 2019-06-20
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
What is Software In The Loop (SITL) simulation?
Simulator PX4
Sensor values
Actuator outputs
Local computer
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https://makeameme.org/meme/the-simulation-environment
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
1 Lockstep
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
Common problems with SITL● CPU load too high
● Interruptions can cause crashes
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
How does lockstep work?Sensor valuesand timestamp
Actuator outputs
Simulator PX4
https://dev.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/simulation/#lockstep-simulation
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
How does lockstep initialize?
Sensor valuesand timestamp
Simulator PX4
Actuator outputs
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
Why should I use lockstep?
● Bonus: Run simulations faster or slower than realtime 💡
https://beorganizing.com/2017/12/22/dear-old-computer-ive-moved/
● Pause to inspect or debug ✅● Runs better on slower computers ✅
https://giphy.com/explore/hamster-wheel
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
How to pause?
Press P
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
How to speed up or slow down?
https://dev.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/simulation/#simulation_speed
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Demo
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
2 Shell scripting
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
NuttShell on NuttX
nsh>
https://docs.px4.io/en/flight_controller/pixhawk.html
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
NuttShell
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
Startup
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
Startup
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
./px4 sh rcS ekf2 start px4-ekf2 startaliasevaluatecall
IPC call
ekf2 threadspawn
What about SITL?
https://dev.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/concept/system_startup.html#posix-linuxmacos
How to use it
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
Use your system shell with SITL
https://dev.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/concept/system_startup.html#posix-linuxmacos

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Demo
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
3 Debugging with GDB, valgrind, callgrind
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
Debugging using GDB (or LLDB) in console
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Debugging using GDB (or LLDB) in VSCode
https://dev.px4.io/master/en/setup/vscode.html (work in progress)
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Demo
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Memory error detection using valgrind● Find reads from uninitialized memory● Find memory leaks● Etc.
https://dev.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/setup/building_px4.html#make_targetshttp://www.valgrind.org/
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Memory error detection using valgrind
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Profiling using callgrind● Function call graph● Function call counts● Time spent in functions● And much more
https://dev.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/setup/building_px4.html#make_targetshttp://valgrind.org/docs/manual/cl-manual.html
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Profiling using callgrind
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KCacheGrind visualization of callgrind data
https://kcachegrind.github.io/html/Home.html
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
EKF2
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3 Hidden PX4 SITL tricks for everyday development
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3qjtpp
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