ACSL Chrono Simulator

📚 Overview

This package is a C++ implementation of Project Chrono that provides a high fidelity physics engine to perform hardware in-the-loop simulations with the freeware, open-source, PX4 compatible ACSL Flightstack Winged. The main purpose of this package is to leverage the simulation environment to test out various GNC (Guidance, Navigation and Control) algorithms prior to real-world flights to save on time and to debug the pipeline.

System Requirements

• Processor: Intel
• RAM: At least 16 GB
• GPU: Nvidia
• Operating System: Ubuntu

Current Setup

Component	Details
CPU	Intel 11th Gen i9-11900H
GPU	Nvidia RTX 3060 (Laptop GPU)
Operating System	Ubuntu 20.04
RAM	16 GB

💻 How to Use the Repository

1. Clone the repository

To clone this repo with all the needed submodules run the command:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/girimugundankumar/acsl-chrono-simulator.git

Update all the submodules to the stable version

# Navigate into the simulator directory
cd acsl-chrono-simulator

# Update the submodules
git submodule update --init --recursive

2. Build the dependencies

After cloning the project and all its dependencies in the previous step, build the dependencies here.

Opitional - Solidworks Add-in

After cloning the project and all its dependcies in the previous step, install the optional solidworks plugin by following the instructions here.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. See the LICENSE file for details. The Chrono Project is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. See the LICENSE file for more details.