Challenge

Project 2 Adaptive Cruise Control

Aim:

  • To develop the Adaptive Cruise Control feature as per the Requirement Document using MATLAB Simulink.
  • To follow all the MBD related processes such as Requirement Tagging & Traceability, SLDD creation, Configuration Parameter changes, Model Advisor check & Code Generation.

Overview of adaptive cruise control

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is a system designed to help vehicles maintain a safe following distance and stay within the speed limit. This system adjusts a car's speed automatically so drivers don't have to.

Adaptive cruise control is one of 20 terms used to describe its functions so that you might see adaptive cruise control as the following in advertisements and vehicle descriptions:

  • Active cruise control
  • Dynamic cruise control
  • Radar cruise control
  • Automatic cruise control
  • Intelligent cruise control

ACC functions by sensory technology installed within vehicles such as cameras, lasers, and radar equipment, which creates an idea of how close one car is to another, or other objects on the roadway. For this reason, ACC is the basis for future car intelligence.

These sensory technologies allow the car to detect and warn the driver about potential forward collisions. When this happens, red lights begin to flash, and the phrase 'brake now!' appears on the dashboard to help the driver slow down. There might also be an audible warning.

Objective of Main Project:

  1. Developing Adaptive Cruise Control feature as per the Requirement Document using MATLAB Simulink.
  2. Follow all the MBD related processes: Requirement Tagging & Traceability, SLDD creation, Configuration Parameter changes, Model Advisor check & Code Generation.
  3. In Configuration Parameters: enable “Support Floating Numbers” under Code Generation settings.
  4. Use Embedded Coder to generate the code.
  5. If choosing code generation, Storage class for Input signals: ImportedExtern; Storage class for Output signal: Export to File; Storage class for local signals: localizable; Storage class for calibration signals: Const.
  6. Choose sample time for all signals as 0.01s

Simulink Model

Requirement 1– Lead Vehicle:

  • Lead Vehicle is a vehicle which is driving in the road ahead of our drive vehicle. Two input signals (Signal Name: CameraInput_LeadVehicle & RadarInput_LeadVehicle).
  • Ideally sensor fusion techniques will be deployed to process & analyze data from camera & radar. For complexity reasons, let’s not adapt to any such algorithms.
  • We can simply add both the radar & camera inputs & the corresponding output is read as Speed profile output (Signal Name: LeadVehicle_Speed).
  • Speed data of the lead vehicle is critical in implementing the Adaptive Cruise Control algorithm.

Requirement 2 – Drive Vehicle:

  • Drive Vehicle is the vehicle driven by the user & this is the vehicle which has ACC algorithm in it.
  • Like the Lead Vehicle, Drive Vehicle algorithm also has 2 input signals (Signal Name: CameraInput_DriveVehicle, RadarInput_DriveVehicle) & one signal coming as an Input to this subsystem (Signal Name: Acceleration_Mode) – three inputs into this requirement in total.
  • Like the above requirement, sensor fusion techniques will also be deployed here, for complexity reasons we are ignoring them.
  • Two output signals come from this subsystem (Signal Name: DriveVehicle_Speed & LeadVehicle_Detected).
  • Signal DriveVehicle_Speed is summation of three input signals mentioned above & LeadVehicle_Detected is renamed from Input Signal RadarInput_DriveVehicle by mere use of Signal Conversion block.

Requirement 3 – Adaptive Cruise Control Algorithm:

  • Adaptive Cruise Control feature has 3 major modes of operation: OFF Mode, STANDBY Mode & ON Mode. This particular requirement has to be implemented as state machine logic in Simulink.
  • The input signals to this state machine system are (Signal Name: Time_Gap, Set_Speed, Set_Gap, CruiseSwitch, SetSwitch).
  • Also, the output signals (Signal Name: DriveVehicle_Speed & LeadVehicle_Detected) from requirement-2 is fed back as an input signal into this state machine block.
  • Additionally, output signal (Signal Name: LeadVehicle_Speed) from requirement-1 is given as an input signal to this state machine block as well.
  • Output from this subsystem is a signal (Signal Name: Acceleration_Mode) which governs the vehicular speed of the drive vehicle which automatically adjusts its speed & velocity to match the lead vehicle.

Requirement 3a – ACC OFF MODE state logic:

  • This is the default state inside state machine logic. Output signal Acceleration_Mode is at value 0 in this state.
  • This state is governed by input signal CruiseSwitch.
  • If CruiseSwitch is equal to 1, state ACC STANDBY mode will get activated. If CruiseSwitch is equal to 0, state ACC OFF mode will get activated, from either ACC ON mode or ACC STANDBY mode

Requirement 3b – ACC STANDBY MODE state logic:

  • This is the second activated state inside state machine logic. Output signal Acceleration_Mode is at value 1 in this state.
  • This state is governed by both input signals CruiseSwitch & SetSwitch.
  • If CruiseSwitch is equal to 1, state ACC STANDBY mode will get activated. If CruiseSwitch is equal to 0, state ACC OFF mode will get activated, from either ACC ON mode or ACC STANDBY mode
  • If SetSwitch is equal to 1, state ACC ON mode will get activated. If SetSwitch is equal to 0, state ACC STANDBY mode will get activated.

Requirement 3c – ACC ON MODE state logic:

This state will be activated when input signal SetSwitch is equal to 1. There are 6 sub states to this state logic: They are:

  • LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow (Default)
  • LeadVehicle_Not_Detected
  • LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume
  • LeadVehicle_Not_Detected_Resume
  • LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_Set_Speed
  • LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_Speed

Requirement 3c (i) – LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow (ACC ON MODE):

  • This is the default sub state inside ACC ON MODE state. Output signal Acceleration_Mode is equal to 2.
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow to LeadVehicle_Not_Detected; Input signal condition LeadVehicle_Detected == 0.
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow to LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_Set_Speed; Input Signals condition (LeadVehicle_Detected == 1) && (LeadVehicle_Speed < Set_Speed) || (Time_Gap < Set_Gap).

Requirement 3c (ii) – LeadVehicle_Not_Detected (ACC ON MODE):

  • Output signal Acceleration_Mode is equal to 1.
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Not_Detected to LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow; Input signals condition [(LeadVehicle_Detected==1) && (DriveVehicle_Speed == Set_Speed) && (LeadVehicle_Speed >= Set_Speed) && (Time_Gap >= Set_Gap)]
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Not_Detected to LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_Set_Speed; Input signals condition [(LeadVehicle_Detected == 1) && (LeadVehicle_Speed < Set_Speed) || (Time_Gap < Set_Gap)]

Requirement 3c (iii) – LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume (ACC ON MODE):

  • Output signal Acceleration_Mode is equal to 3.
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume to LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow; Input signals condition [(DriveVehicle_Speed == Set_Speed) && (LeadVehicle_Speed >= Set_Speed) && (Time_Gap >= Set_Gap)]
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume to LeadVehicle_Not_Detected_Resume; Input signal condition LeadVehicle_Detected==0.
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume to LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_Speed; Input Signal condition [(DriveVehicle_Speed < Set_Speed) && (LeadVehicle_Speed > DriveVehicle_Speed) && (Time_Gap >= Set_Gap)]

Requirement 3c (iv) - LeadVehicle_Not_Detected_Resume (ACC ON MODE):

  • Output signal Acceleration_Mode is equal to 1.

Requirement 3c (v) - LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_Set_Speed (ACC ON MODE):

  • Output signal Acceleration_Mode is equal to 4.
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_Set_Speed to LeadVehicle_Not_Detected; Input signal condition [(LeadVehicle_Detected == 0) && (DriveVehicle_Speed == Set_Speed)]
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_Set_Speed to LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_Speed; Input signals condition [((LeadVehicle_Speed*1.25>=DriveVehicle_Speed) && (LeadVehicle_Speed * 0.75<=DriveVehicle_Speed)) && (DriveVehicle_Speed < Set_Speed) && ((Time_Gap<=1.25*Set_Gap) && (Time_Gap >=0.75*Set_Gap))]

Requirement 3c (vi) - LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_Speed (ACC ON MODE):

  • Output signal Acceleration_Mode is equal to 5.
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_Speed to LeadVehicle_Not_Detected_Resume; Input signal conditions is [(LeadVehicle_Detected == 0) || (DriveVehicle_Speed <= Set_Speed)]
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_Speed to LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume; Input signal conditions [(DriveVehicle_Speed < Set_Speed) && (LeadVehicle_Speed > DriveVehicle_Speed) || (Time_Gap >= Set_Gap)]
  • Condition to transit from LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_Speed to LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_Set_Speed; Input signals conditions [(LeadVehicle_Speed

Tagging of the system

Adaptive Cruise Control subsystemn Requirement Tagging:

Drive vehicle subsystem Requirement Tagging:

Lead vehicle subsystem Requirement Tagging:

Solver configuration

For code generation

Model advisor

after running selected checks

Generate code for model:

/*
 * File: accnew.c
 *
 * Code generated for Simulink model 'accnew'.
 *
 * Model version                  : 1.1
 * Simulink Coder version         : 9.5 (R2021a) 14-Nov-2020
 * C/C++ source code generated on : Mon Oct 17 17:05:13 2022
 *
 * Target selection: ert.tlc
 * Embedded hardware selection: Intel->x86-64 (Windows64)
 * Code generation objectives: Unspecified
 * Validation result: Not run
 */

#include "accnew.h"
#include "accnew_private.h"

/* Named constants for Chart: '/ACC ' */
#define IN_LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow ((uint8_T)1U)
#define IN_LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume ((uint8_T)2U)
#define IN_LeadVehicle_Not_Detected_Res ((uint8_T)4U)
#define IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_ ((uint8_T)5U)
#define IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_S ((uint8_T)6U)
#define acc_IN_LeadVehicle_Not_Detected ((uint8_T)3U)
#define accnew_IN_NO_ACTIVE_CHILD      ((uint8_T)0U)
#define accnew_IN_OFF_Mode             ((uint8_T)1U)
#define accnew_IN_ON_Mode              ((uint8_T)2U)
#define accnew_IN_STANDBY_Mode         ((uint8_T)3U)

/* Block states (default storage) */
DW_accnew_T accnew_DW;

/* External inputs (root inport signals with default storage) */
ExtU_accnew_T accnew_U;

/* External outputs (root outports fed by signals with default storage) */
ExtY_accnew_T accnew_Y;

/* Real-time model */
static RT_MODEL_accnew_T accnew_M_;
RT_MODEL_accnew_T *const accnew_M = &accnew_M_;

/* Model step function */
void accnew_step(void)
{
  /* Sum: '/Add' incorporates:
   *  Inport: '/CameraInput_DriveVehicle'
   *  Inport: '/RadarInput_DriveVehicle'
   *  UnitDelay: '/Unit Delay'
   */
  accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed = (accnew_U.CameraInput_DriveVehicle +
    accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle) + accnew_Y.Acceleration_Mode;

  /* Sum: '/Add' incorporates:
   *  Inport: '/CameraInput_LeadVehicle'
   *  Inport: '/RadarInput_LeadVehicle'
   */
  accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed = accnew_U.CameraInput_LeadVehicle +
    accnew_U.RadarInput_LeadVehicle;

  /* Chart: '/ACC ' incorporates:
   *  Inport: '/CruiseSwitch'
   *  Inport: '/RadarInput_DriveVehicle'
   *  Inport: '/SetSwitch'
   *  Inport: '/Set_Gap'
   *  Inport: '/Set_Speed'
   *  Inport: '/Time_Gap'
   */
  if (accnew_DW.is_active_c3_accnew == 0U) {
    accnew_DW.is_active_c3_accnew = 1U;
    accnew_DW.is_c3_accnew = accnew_IN_OFF_Mode;

    /* Outport: '/Acceleration_Mode' */
    accnew_Y.Acceleration_Mode = 0.0;
  } else {
    switch (accnew_DW.is_c3_accnew) {
     case accnew_IN_OFF_Mode:
      if ((accnew_U.CruiseSwitch == 1.0) && (accnew_U.SetSwitch == 0.0)) {
        accnew_DW.is_c3_accnew = accnew_IN_STANDBY_Mode;

        /* Outport: '/Acceleration_Mode' */
        accnew_Y.Acceleration_Mode = 1.0;
      }
      break;

     case accnew_IN_ON_Mode:
      if (accnew_U.SetSwitch == 0.0) {
        accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = accnew_IN_NO_ACTIVE_CHILD;
        accnew_DW.is_c3_accnew = accnew_IN_STANDBY_Mode;

        /* Outport: '/Acceleration_Mode' */
        accnew_Y.Acceleration_Mode = 1.0;
      } else if (accnew_U.CruiseSwitch == 0.0) {
        accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = accnew_IN_NO_ACTIVE_CHILD;
        accnew_DW.is_c3_accnew = accnew_IN_OFF_Mode;

        /* Outport: '/Acceleration_Mode' */
        accnew_Y.Acceleration_Mode = 0.0;
      } else {
        switch (accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode) {
         case IN_LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow:
          if (accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle == 0.0) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = acc_IN_LeadVehicle_Not_Detected;
          } else if (((accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle == 1.0) &&
                      (accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed < accnew_U.Set_Speed)) ||
                     (accnew_U.Time_Gap < accnew_U.Set_Gap)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_S;
          }
          break;

         case IN_LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume:
          if ((accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed == accnew_U.Set_Speed) &&
              (accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed >= accnew_U.Set_Speed) &&
              (accnew_U.Time_Gap >= accnew_U.Set_Gap)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow;
          } else if (accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle == 0.0) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Not_Detected_Res;
          } else if ((accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed < accnew_U.Set_Speed) &&
                     (accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed > accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed) &&
                     (accnew_U.Time_Gap >= accnew_U.Set_Gap)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_;
          }
          break;

         case acc_IN_LeadVehicle_Not_Detected:
          if ((accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle == 1.0) &&
              (accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed == accnew_U.Set_Speed) &&
              (accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed >= accnew_U.Set_Speed) &&
              (accnew_U.Time_Gap >= accnew_U.Set_Gap)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow;
          } else if (((accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle == 1.0) &&
                      (accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed < accnew_U.Set_Speed)) ||
                     (accnew_U.Time_Gap < accnew_U.Set_Gap)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_S;
          }
          break;

         case IN_LeadVehicle_Not_Detected_Res:
          break;

         case IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_:
          if ((accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle == 0.0) ||
              (accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed <= accnew_U.Set_Speed)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Not_Detected_Res;
          } else if (((accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed < accnew_U.Set_Speed) &&
                      (accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed > accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed))
                     || (accnew_U.Time_Gap >= accnew_U.Set_Gap)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Detected_Resume;
          } else if (((accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed < accnew_U.Set_Speed) &&
                      (accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed < accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed))
                     || (0.75 * accnew_U.Set_Gap == accnew_U.Time_Gap)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_S;
          }
          break;

         default:
          /* case IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_lessthan_Set_Speed: */
          if ((accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle == 0.0) &&
              (accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed == accnew_U.Set_Speed)) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = acc_IN_LeadVehicle_Not_Detected;
          } else if ((accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed * 1.25 >=
                      accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed) &&
                     (accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Speed * 0.75 <=
                      accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed) &&
                     (accnew_Y.DriveVehicle_Speed < accnew_U.Set_Speed) &&
                     ((accnew_U.Time_Gap <= 1.25 * accnew_U.Set_Gap) &&
                      (accnew_U.Time_Gap >= 0.75 * accnew_U.Set_Gap))) {
            accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Speed_equal_Set_;
          }
          break;
        }
      }
      break;

     default:
      /* case IN_STANDBY_Mode: */
      if (accnew_U.CruiseSwitch == 0.0) {
        accnew_DW.is_c3_accnew = accnew_IN_OFF_Mode;

        /* Outport: '/Acceleration_Mode' */
        accnew_Y.Acceleration_Mode = 0.0;
      } else if ((accnew_U.CruiseSwitch == 1.0) && (accnew_U.SetSwitch == 1.0))
      {
        accnew_DW.is_c3_accnew = accnew_IN_ON_Mode;
        accnew_DW.is_ON_Mode = IN_LeadVehicle_Detected_Follow;
      }
      break;
    }
  }

  /* End of Chart: '/ACC ' */

  /* Outport: '/LeadVehicle_Detected' incorporates:
   *  Inport: '/RadarInput_DriveVehicle'
   */
  accnew_Y.LeadVehicle_Detected = accnew_U.RadarInput_DriveVehicle;
}

/* Model initialize function */
void accnew_initialize(void)
{
  /* (no initialization code required) */
}

/* Model terminate function */
void accnew_terminate(void)
{
  /* (no terminate code required) */
}

/*
 * File trailer for generated code.
 *
 * [EOF]
 */
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