Description

Base class for a vehicle driver system.

A driver system must be able to report the current values of the inputs (throttle, steering, braking). A concrete driver class must set the member variables m_throttle, m_steering, and m_braking.

#include <ChDriver.h>

Inheritance diagram for chrono::vehicle::ChDriver:
Collaboration diagram for chrono::vehicle::ChDriver:

Public Member Functions

 ChDriver (ChVehicle &vehicle)
 Construct a driver subsystem associated with the given vehicle.
 
double GetThrottle () const
 Get the driver throttle input (in the range [0,1]).
 
double GetSteering () const
 Get the driver steering input (in the range [-1,+1]).
 
double GetBraking () const
 Get the driver braking input (in the range [0,1]).
 
double GetClutch () const
 Get the driver clutch input (in the range [0,1]).
 
DriverInputs GetInputs () const
 Get all current inputs at once.
 
virtual void Initialize ()
 Initialize this driver system.
 
virtual void Synchronize (double time)
 Update the state of this driver system at the current time.
 
virtual void Advance (double step)
 Advance the state of this driver system by the specified time step.
 
bool LogInit (const std::string &filename)
 Initialize output file for recording driver inputs.
 
bool Log (double time)
 Record the current driver inputs to the log file.
 
void SetSteering (double steering)
 Overwrite the value for the driver steering input (input is clamped in [-1,+1]).
 
void SetThrottle (double throttle)
 Overwrite the value for the driver throttle input (input is clamped in [0,+1]).
 
void SetBraking (double braking)
 Overwrite the value for the driver braking input (input is clamped in [0,+1]).
 
void SetClutch (double clutch)
 Overwrite the value for the clutch braking input (input is clamped in [0,+1]).
 

Protected Attributes

ChVehiclem_vehicle
 reference to associated vehicle
 
double m_throttle
 current value of throttle input
 
double m_steering
 current value of steering input
 
double m_braking
 current value of braking input
 
double m_clutch
 current value of clutch input
 

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:
  • /builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono_vehicle/ChDriver.h
  • /builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono_vehicle/ChDriver.cpp