v0.2.24

KiteControllers v0.2.24

Diff since v0.2.23

Added

• the function menu_learning() and the script menu_learning.jl
• the page Learning Control to the documentation
• the script mwe_06.jl for listing the exported symbols
• the script select_project to provide an interactive way to select the active project

Changed

• the file kiteobserver.jl. It now uses a different method to determine the average elevation of a figure-of-eight.
• the script learning.jl was renamed to learn_corrections.jl
• the script now stores the corrections directly in the YAML file of the flight path planner
• it has better error handling and is much more robust

Merged pull requests:

• Add new file copy tests (#56) (@ufechner7)
• More and improved tests (#57) (@ufechner7)
• Improve learning (#58) (@ufechner7)
• Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6 (#59) (@dependabot[bot])
• Bump julia-actions/setup-julia from 2 to 3 (#60) (@dependabot[bot])

Closed issues:

• TagBot: Manual intervention needed for releases (#51)
• TagBot: Manual intervention needed for releases (#53)
• TagBot: Manual intervention needed for releases (#54)

v0.2.23

KiteControllers v0.2.23

Diff since v0.2.22

Fixed

• updated TagBot.yml

Merged pull requests:

• CompatHelper: bump compat for Observables to 0.5, (keep existing compat) (#15) (@github-actions[bot])
• Update dependancies (#24) (@ufechner7)
• Remove the winch controller and use WinchControllers instead (#45) (@ufechner7)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 (#47) (@dependabot[bot])
• Support turbulence (#50) (@ufechner7)

Closed issues:

• Implement FlightPathController (#6)
• Implement FlightPathPlanner (#7)
• Implement WinchController (#8)
• TagBot trigger issue (#9)
• Integrate the WinchController with the GUI (#10)
• FlightPathPlanner gets stuck (#11)
• Add ssWinchControl (#12)
• Add function cycle_power (#14)
• Allow to restart simulation via the GUI after a crash (#16)
• Read settings from YAML files (#18)
• Add test cases for the parking controller (#21)
• Create working FPC settings for hydra20 kite (#30)
• Add method plot_control_II (#32)
• Improve autopilot.jl for Windows (#34)
• Save default log file in output folder (#35)
• Add disclaimer (#36)
• TagBot trigger issue (#52)

KiteControllers v0.2.21

Changed

• improved install script to do a complete installation also with Julia 1.11
• improved create_sys_image script to use less memory on Julia 1.12 and to suppress one warning
• bump KiteModels to 0.11.8: This version provides full turbulence support
• bump KiteUtils to 0.11.7
• default is now 100% turbulence relative to Cabauw, NL for 6 m/s wind speed
  . reduced default order of solver from 4 to 3 to improve stability

Fixed

• decreased v_min to 0.10 m/s (the speed when the brake gets released) to fix sporadic winch controller failures
• initial state of hydra20_426.yml

Full Changelog: v0.2.20...v0.2.21

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