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Dear Xinke
Thank you for your inquiry.
ADIS16448 DATASHEET
Most datasheets specify values for what we refer to as the "white noise" or "broadband noise" strength (gyroscope_noise_density
(sigma_g) and accelerometer_noise_density
(sigma_a)) in Kalibr's IMU noise model. The datasheet you refer to (http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/ADIS16448.pdf) refers to these values as Rate Noise Density
for the gyros and as Noise Density
for the accles (Table I). The units are (up to scale) rad/s/sqrt(Hz) and m/s^2/sqrt(Hz), which matches our model.
Datasheets rarely (never) specify the noise model parameters corresponding to the "bias part" of Kalibr's gyro and accel models. The reason for this it that real gyros and accels do not exhibit noise characteristics which match the standard model we (and many others) use. This is why the Allan deviation is often provided.
The "Angular Random Walk" (gyro) and the "Velocity Random Walk" are not related to the "bias part" of Kalibr's IMU model. These values say little about the long-term bias fluctuations. Analog devices specifies them as the Allan deviation at an integration period of 1 s (see https://ez.analog.com/docs/DOC-2163). And you can indeed make to following computation:
Take the "Rate Noise Density", specified as 0.0135deg/s/sqrt(Hz), virtually integrate this idealized "white noise process" over a period of 1 s, and scale to the units of the "Angular Random Walk" provided in the datasheet (deg/sqrt(Hr)):
0.0135 * sqrt(3600) => 0.81 deg/sqrt(Hr), vs. 0.66 deg/sqrt(Hr) in the datasheet.
The small discrepancy might be explained by the fact that in reality the "white noise" is rather some "broadband noise" and does not have a flat power spectrum. You can similarly verify this for the accelerometer.
In conclusion: You can obtain the gyroscope_noise_density
and the accelerometer_noise_density
directly from Analog Device's datasheet, but not the gyroscope_random_walk
and the accelerometer_random_walk
(except from the Allan variance given in the datasheet, or very indirectly from the "in-run bias stability", if you are willing to make a few additional engineering-type assumptions).
Does that answer your question?
ADIS16448 PARAMETERS FOR KALIBR
The parameters specified in https://github.com/ethz-asl/kalibr/wiki/yaml-formats are not used by us anymore. We will replace these with the ones we use for calibrations involving the ADIS16448, and with which @rehderj obtains good results (see [1]). They can be obtained with the method proposed in the wiki. The values for the gyroscope_noise_density
and the accelerometer_noise_density
roughly match the values provided in the datasheet, and you can use one or the other.
gyroscope_noise_density
proposed here: 1.87 * 10^-4 rad/s/sqrt(Hz)
datasheet: 2.36 * 10^-4 rad/s/sqrt(Hz)
accelerometer_noise_density
proposed here: 1.86 * 10^-3 m/s^2/sqrt(Hz)
datasheet: 2.26 * 10^-3 m/s^2/sqrt(Hz).
Let uns know if you need more information on this, Xinke.
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Hi what did you mean when you said that you can obtain the random walk parameters "very indirectly from the in-run bias stability"?
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Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply. It was very helpful!
Xinke
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Can anyone explain the process of obtaining random walk parameters from in-run bias stability?
I see in the new values for adis mentioned the units are different for gyroscope white noise. Does kalibr expect gyroscope white noise in new units through .yaml file or were the units change merely for the publication and kalibr accept same units as mentioned in the wiki? Thank you.
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I think the original answer made an error in getting PSD from the datasheet.
The first problem was in suggesting that "rate noise density" and "noise density" are the analogues to gyro/accel noise density as kalibr expects. As the former quantities are RMS values in this case. My impression is that the value most resembling the gyro/accel PSD (which is what kalibr wants) is the "angular random walk" and "velocity random walk" in this datasheet.
I think this error is further reflected in the comparison of datasheet values with empirically estimated values. If we say the values "proposed here" are trustworthy, then you can see the random walk values get much closer to the empirically estimated values:
gyro PSD
proposed here: 1.87 * 10^-4 rad/s/sqrt(Hz)
datasheet (rate_noise_density
): 2.36 * 10^-4 rad/s/sqrt(Hz)
datasheet (angular_random_walk
): (0.0135 / sqrt(3600) * pi/180) = 1.92 * 10^-4 rad/sqrt(s)
accelerometer PSD
proposed here: 1.86 * 10^-3 m/s^2/sqrt(Hz)
datasheet (noise density
): 2.26 * 10^-3 m/s^2/sqrt(Hz).
datasheet (velocity_random_walk
): (0.11 / sqrt(3600)) = 1.83 * 10^3 m/s/sqrt(s)
Note also the units match, rad/sqrt(s)
== rad/s/sqrt(Hz)
and m/s/sqrt(s)
== m/s^2/sqrt(Hz)
My impression is the terminology is quite often misused when talking about these quantities, but at least here "angular random walk" and "velocity random walk" is consistent with Woodman's "An introduction to inertial navigation". Also, it is consistent with the kalibr [wiki][(https://github.com/ethz-asl/kalibr/wiki/IMU-Noise-Model#the-noise-model-parameters-in-kalibr)
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