kiln-controller/zieglernicols.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import csv
import argparse
# Using the method described in "ZieglerNichols Tuning Method" by Vishakha Vijay Patel
# (https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/reso/025/10/1385-1397)
def line(a, b, x):
return a * x + b
def invline(a, b, y):
return (y - b) / a
def plot(xdata, ydata,
tangent_min, tangent_max, tangent_slope, tangent_offset,
lower_crossing_x, upper_crossing_x):
from matplotlib import pyplot
minx = min(xdata)
maxx = max(xdata)
miny = min(ydata)
maxy = max(ydata)
pyplot.scatter(xdata, ydata)
pyplot.plot([minx, maxx], [miny, miny], '--', color='purple')
pyplot.plot([minx, maxx], [maxy, maxy], '--', color='purple')
pyplot.plot(tangent_min[0], tangent_min[1], 'v', color='red')
pyplot.plot(tangent_max[0], tangent_max[1], 'v', color='red')
pyplot.plot([minx, maxx], [line(tangent_slope, tangent_offset, minx), line(tangent_slope, tangent_offset, maxx)], '--', color='red')
pyplot.plot([lower_crossing_x, lower_crossing_x], [miny, maxy], '--', color='black')
pyplot.plot([upper_crossing_x, upper_crossing_x], [miny, maxy], '--', color='black')
pyplot.show()
def calculate(filename, tangentdivisor, showplot):
# parse the csv file
xdata = []
ydata = []
filemintime = None
with open(filename) as f:
for row in csv.DictReader(f):
try:
time = float(row['pid_time'])
temp = float(row['pid_ispoint'])
if filemintime is None:
filemintime = time
xdata.append(time - filemintime)
ydata.append(temp)
except ValueError:
continue # just ignore bad values!
# gather points for tangent line
miny = min(ydata)
maxy = max(ydata)
midy = (maxy + miny) / 2
yoffset = int((maxy - miny) / tangentdivisor)
tangent_min = tangent_max = None
for i in range(0, len(xdata)):
rowx = xdata[i]
rowy = ydata[i]
if rowy >= (midy - yoffset) and tangent_min is None:
tangent_min = (rowx, rowy)
elif rowy >= (midy + yoffset) and tangent_max is None:
tangent_max = (rowx, rowy)
# calculate tangent line to the main temperature curve
tangent_slope = (tangent_max[1] - tangent_min[1]) / (tangent_max[0] - tangent_min[0])
tangent_offset = tangent_min[1] - line(tangent_slope, 0, tangent_min[0])
# determine the point at which the tangent line crosses the min/max temperaturess
lower_crossing_x = invline(tangent_slope, tangent_offset, miny)
upper_crossing_x = invline(tangent_slope, tangent_offset, maxy)
# compute parameters
L = lower_crossing_x - min(xdata)
T = upper_crossing_x - lower_crossing_x
# Magic Ziegler-Nicols constants ahead!
Kp = 1.2 * (T / L)
Ti = 2 * L
Td = 0.5 * L
Ki = Kp / Ti
Kd = Kp * Td
# outut to the user
print(f"Kp: {Kp} 1/Ki: {1/ Ki}, Kd: {Kd}")
if showplot:
plot(xdata, ydata,
tangent_min, tangent_max, tangent_slope, tangent_offset,
lower_crossing_x, upper_crossing_x)
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Perform Ziegler-Nichols PID tuning')
parser.add_argument('csvfile', type=str, help="The CSV file to read from. Must contain two columns called pid_time (time in seconds) and pid_ispoint (observed temperature)")
parser.add_argument('--showplot', action='store_true', help="If set, also plot results (requires pyplot to be pip installed)")
parser.add_argument('--tangentdivisor', type=float, default=4, help="Adjust the tangent calculation to fit better. Must be >= 2.")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.tangentdivisor < 2:
raise ValueError("tangentdivisor must be >= 2")
calculate(args.csvfile, args.tangentdivisor, args.showplot)