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-rw-r--r--src/drivers/meas_airspeed/meas_airspeed.cpp10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/drivers/meas_airspeed/meas_airspeed.cpp b/src/drivers/meas_airspeed/meas_airspeed.cpp
index b3003fc1b..3cd6d6720 100644
--- a/src/drivers/meas_airspeed/meas_airspeed.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/meas_airspeed/meas_airspeed.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
* @author Lorenz Meier
* @author Sarthak Kaingade
* @author Simon Wilks
+ * @author Thomas Gubler
*
* Driver for the MEAS Spec series connected via I2C.
*
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@
#include <systemlib/err.h>
#include <systemlib/param/param.h>
#include <systemlib/perf_counter.h>
+#include <mathlib/mathlib.h>
#include <drivers/drv_airspeed.h>
#include <drivers/drv_hrt.h>
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ MEASAirspeed::collect()
//diff_pres_pa -= _diff_pres_offset;
int16_t dp_raw = 0, dT_raw = 0;
dp_raw = (val[0] << 8) + val[1];
- dp_raw = 0x3FFF & dp_raw;
+ dp_raw = 0x3FFF & dp_raw; //mask the used bits
dT_raw = (val[2] << 8) + val[3];
dT_raw = (0xFFE0 & dT_raw) >> 5;
float temperature = ((200 * dT_raw) / 2047) - 50;
@@ -193,7 +195,11 @@ MEASAirspeed::collect()
// Calculate differential pressure. As its centered around 8000
// and can go positive or negative, enforce absolute value
- uint16_t diff_press_pa = abs(dp_raw - (16384 / 2.0f));
+// uint16_t diff_press_pa = abs(dp_raw - (16384 / 2.0f));
+ const float P_min = -1.0f;
+ const float P_max = 1.0f;
+ float diff_press_pa = math::max(0.0f, fabsf( ( ((float)dp_raw - 0.1f*16383.0f) * (P_max-P_min)/(0.8f*16383.0f) + P_min) * 6894.8f) - _diff_pres_offset);
+
struct differential_pressure_s report;
// Track maximum differential pressure measured (so we can work out top speed).