What you described here is the PID controller. The heading error (the P term), the increasing/decreasing the angle for the rudder angle is the D...
Unfortunately that won't work out as well as you hope, as I've found out. The problem is that a boat doesn't always (more specifically -...
Well then that makes things considerably easier :) Here's what I would do: 1. Start out with a PID controller. The input to the PID controller...
The question would be, have you written any code yourself? You can find a lot of theoretical "code" for autopilot's that really revolves around a...
This is right up my alley... Here is our R&D boat: http://www.deepdowncorp.com/docs/EW%20Videos/StaSys%20Operational_NEW.wmv We took an old 12m...
We use these monitors on shipboard and offshore installations: http://www.hopeindustrial.com/ We have over 400 of these monitors in the wild...
(Can't say I read the entire message) I've written an industrial auto-pilot for vessels and I used a dual-PID controller approach. The first PID...
Thanks for the replies... This has to be incorporated into our in-house software, so using a third party package such as maxsurf or seakeeper...
I should also clarify, this is all for a vessel at zero speed. Thanks
(First, sorry if this is the wrong forum, haven't gotten the layout quite down yet). Let me explain what I'm trying to do... I'm tasked with...