Add support for decoding current sensor data about blackbox-tools

[thenickdude]

blackbox_decode support is in but not tested yet, blackbox_render support still to come.

[fiveangle]

I came here to submit the same. Nice :)

-=dave

[fiveangle]

Actually, it looks like this isn't the same: my thought is to replicate the virtual current sensor calculation from CF based on the BB data and report it in the decode/render tools. This would be independent of any actual current sensor data. For implementations where current sensor data is in the BB logs, it would also serve as a mechanism to hone the realtime virtual current sensor algorithm by comparison to the actual logs.

Is that the scope you intended, or should I submit an new issue ?

-=dave

[thenickdude]

Yeah that's exactly what I intend, there's no other way to do that.

[fiveangle]

👍

-=dave

[digitalentity]

Hi Is there a timeframe for emulating virtual current sensor data in blackbox-render and blackbox-decode? @thenickdude, should I look into this myself, test it and open a PR?

[thenickdude]

I'll implement that tonight @digitalentity!

[thenickdude]

I've now implemented a simulated current meter and simulated cumulative energy meter in blackbox_decode with the --simulate-current-meter option in d112737 (it's the CF algorithm, and it's tunable with the --sim-current-meter-scale and --sim-current-meter-offset options).

If you have a physical current meter, it also calculates cumulative energy usage in milliamp-hours for you using those ADC measurements.

[digitalentity]

Thanks! Can this be done for blackbox_render as well?
EDIT: Compiled and tested blackbox_decode, works perfectly and energyCumulativeVirtual is very close to reality.