KiteControllers v0.2.20

Diff since v0.2.19

Changed

• fixed new JETLS warnings, also in the tests
• improved script test_flightpathcontroller1.jl, added unit tests
• improved the plot_timing, it now shows a line at the real-time limit
• improve documentation
• bump ControlPlots to 0.2.14 to fix an MacOS bug
• bump KiteViewers to 0.5.2 to avoid GUI artifact when starting the autopilot
• add shutdown guard to avoid showing a 2D plot when closing the autopilot.jl window
• re-wrote the script update_default_manifest

Added

• support for MacOS
• the script test/test_menu.jl for running manual controller tests

Merged pull requests:

• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 (#47) (@dependabot[bot])

v0.2.19

KiteControllers v0.2.19

Diff since v0.2.18

Changed

• the performance improved by a factor of about 7. The GUI can now 24x real-time.
  In batch mode, 180x real-time can be achieved.
• improve script install
• improved installation instructions
• documented more functions of FlightPathPlanner
• the examples tune_1p.jl and tune_4p.jl where updated. They now use the NOMAD optimizer.
• TestEnv is not used anymore
• use subprojects
• add .JETLSConfig.toml.default for new linter
• fix all JETLS warnings
• update packages and bump KiteUtils to 0.11.4
• the run_julia script now accepts a script name as a parameter

Added

• add Documenter.jl based documentation
• add script batch_pilot.jl for simulating a set of projects
• add Bash script batch_pilot as driver for batch_pilot. It supports the --help command. It can run 180x realtime.
• add Bash script batch_plot to plot the results and calculate statistics. It supports the --help command.
• add Bash script jetls to run the static code analysis
• add Bash script jetls_examples to run the static code analysis on the files in the examples folder.

v0.2.18

KiteControllers v0.2.18

Diff since v0.2.17

Changed

• update KiteModels to 0.9.0; this version supports turbulent wind fields

Fixes

• fix broken dependencies (KiteUtils)

v0.2.17

KiteControllers v0.2.17

Diff since v0.2.16

Changed

• remove all code related to the winch controller and use the package WinchControllers instead
• bump KiteUtils and KiteModels
• update yaml files for new version of KiteUtils

Merged pull requests:

• Remove the winch controller and use WinchControllers instead (#45) (@ufechner7)

v0.2.16

KiteControllers v0.2.16

Diff since v0.2.15

Added

• the function install_examples()

v0.2.15

KiteControllers v0.2.15

Diff since v0.2.14

Fixed

• plot_main had wrong labels

Added

• add yaw_rate and steering to AoA plot

Changed

• remove outdated example tune_4p.jl from menu
• the script create_sys_image now checks if the current Julia version is too old
• bump KiteUtils to 0.10.5
• bump KiteModels to 0.7.3

v0.2.14

KiteControllers v0.2.14

Diff since v0.2.13

Fixed

• disabled multithreading in run_julia to avoid crashes related to PyPlot

Changed

• update the script create_sys_image to support both Julia 1.10 and Julia 1.11
• add Aqua.jl for quality insurance
• remove unused dependencies found by Aqua
• bumped KiteUtils to 0.10.3
• bumped KiteModels to 0.7

v0.2.13

KiteControllers v0.2.13

Diff since v0.2.12

Fixed

• add new version of FFTW as dependency to fix Windows issue

v0.2.12

KiteControllers v0.2.12

Diff since v0.2.11

• change the point zenith to 79° elevation, 0° azimuth
• change the initialization in autopilot.jl to work better for high wind speeds

v0.2.11

KiteControllers v0.2.11

Diff since v0.2.10

Changed

• use KiteModels v0.6.14, which defines the azimuth angle and the orientation differently and make the controllers and examples work with the new definitions
• bump KiteUtils to v0.9.6 The new version has new fields in the SysState struct that are used for logging.
• the constructor SystemStateControl()now needs the additional parameter v_wind
• the constructors WCSettings(), FPCSettings() and FPPSettings() now have the new argument update. If true,
  then the settings are loaded from the corresponding yaml file.
• do not use the function update_sys_state!() any longer because it is buggy
• reexport KiteUtils
• when executing bin/run_julia, always execute using KiteControllers before displaying the REPL
• make use of the environment variable "USE_V9"; if set, use a different (proprietary) settings file
• improve example parking_wind_dir.jl

Fixed

• fixed logging of the height and X, Y and Z
• plotting of the height is fixed in autopilot.jl

Added

• the menu with the examples can now started by typing menu()
• add the script parking_wind_dir.jl that tests the parking controller when the wind direction is changing
• add the script parking_controller.jl which implements a dual-loop parking controller. The inner loop controls the turn rate. It has an excellent performance.
• add the script test/menu.jl which allows to execute the manual tests, that display plots and fix the tests

Merged pull requests:

• Adapt to new KiteModels, using new conventions (#39) (@ufechner7)
• Dual-loop parking controller (#41) (@ufechner7)