output of FMA vertical sensor
Hey all,
right now I'm builing a UAV using thermopile sensors for stability. Now I have an xy sensor and a z sensor both from FMA.
XY sensor:
z sensor:
Now I'm quite certain that the z sensor I'm using is a different type, but I feel I could adjust the gain to get the right values, the issue is that the z sensor output doesn't change. No matter which way I turn it outside it reads about 250 to 350 on an 8 bit ADC (vals from 0 to 1024 with 1024 being 5V). The xy sensors seem to work fine, but I'm not sure what's up with the z sensor. I've got the red wire to 5V the black wire to gnd and the white wire directly to the ADC line.
I'm not sure if I wired this incorrectly, or this is a different sensor than I'm thinking, but any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Strix
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DeveloperPermalink Reply by jasonshort on -
I don't think that Z will work. I think it's a digital output.
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Permalink Reply by Strix Consili on -
Oh, I see, do you have any idea what the format is?
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DeveloperPermalink Reply by jasonshort on -
No i don't. do you have scope or logic analyzer?
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8938
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Permalink Reply by Strix Consili on
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I've got a scope, but signal analysis isn't exactly my strong point. Thanks for the heads up on digital output though, and I'll keep trying to figure this one out.
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