import unittest from cnc.pid import * class TestPid(unittest.TestCase): def setUp(self): self._environment_temp = 25 # Coefficients below were chosen by an experimental way with a real # hardware: reprap heating bed and extruder. self._bed_c = 0.00231 # bed cooling coefficient self._bed_h = 0.25 # bed heating coefficient self._extruder_c = 0.0039 # extruder cooling coefficient self._extruder_h = 3.09 # extruder heating coefficient def tearDown(self): pass def __simulate(self, target_temp, environment_temp, cool, heat): # Simulate heating some hypothetical thing with heater(h is a heat # transfer coefficient, which becomes just a delta temperature each # second) from environment temperature to target_temp. Consider that # there is natural air cooling process with some heat transfer # coefficient c. Heating power is controlled by PID. pid = Pid(target_temp, 0) temperature = environment_temp heater_power = 0 fixed_at = None zeros_counter = 0 for j in range(1, 15 * 60 + 1): # simulate for 15 minutes # natural cooling temperature -= (temperature - environment_temp) * cool # heating temperature += heat * heater_power heater_power = pid.update(temperature, j) if fixed_at is None: if pid.is_fixed(): fixed_at = j else: self.assertLess(abs(temperature - target_temp), pid.FIX_ACCURACY * target_temp, msg="PID failed to control temperature " "{}/{} {}".format(temperature, target_temp, j)) if heater_power == 0.0: zeros_counter += 1 self.assertLess(zeros_counter, 20, msg="PID turns on/off, instead of " "fine control") self.assertLess(fixed_at, 600, msg="failed to heat in 10 minutes, final temperature " "{}/{}".format(temperature, target_temp)) def test_simple(self): pid = Pid(50, 0) self.assertEqual(0, pid.update(100, 1)) self.assertEqual(1, pid.update(0, 2)) def test_bed(self): # check if bed typical temperatures can be reached in simulation for target in range(50, 101, 10): self.__simulate(target, self._environment_temp, self._bed_c, self._bed_h) def test_extruder(self): # check if extruder typical temperatures can be reached in simulation for target in range(150, 251, 10): self.__simulate(target, self._environment_temp, self._extruder_c, self._extruder_h) if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main()