Repository to hold software-in-the-loop files for the rocket avionics
The OpenRocket extension is meant to provide the simulation environment for your flight software. While OpenRocket provides several useful events and values, this extension makes use of the following simple outputs:
- acceleration
(near-future)
- velocity
- world coordinates
- rotational coordinates
These values are provided over a serial port (virtual ports included). Commands can be sent back to the simulation to carry out events (chute deployment, airbrake deployment, fin movement). As a result, your flight software controls the actuation of the rocket in the OpenRocket simulation, leading to software-in-the-loop testing.
Coming soon!
- Install
sudo apt install socat
- Start virtual ports
sudo socat PTY,link=/dev/ttyUSB98 PTY,link=/dev/ttyUSB99
- Elevate user privilege to operate ports
sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyUSB98 && sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyUSB99
- Change directory to
orksim
cd ork-extension
- Compile program
ant
- Copy the
.jarfile to OpenRocket plug-in
cp ./haloship.jar ~/.openrocket/Plugins/haloship.jar