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Use my own sensors, possible?

Posted by herve pellarin on April 11, 2012 at 12:49am

hi,

i would like to test my sensors, and not the one on the board, is there a way to bypass them and conenct mine?

i have:

  • accelero
  • gyro
  • magnetometer

thx for help

best regards

P.S because i already had a smart answer, (soldering iron) i would like to be able to (software side) disable the use of onboard sensors, and force the connection to mine

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  • herve pellarin April 11, 2012 at 6:09am

    @james thxx for the tip, i need to find out how to do that, haven t received my arducopter electronic yet, just doing some inquiries

    @lloyd i think james s solution should work

  • Lloyd Breckenridge April 11, 2012 at 5:52am

    After a heavy crash on the weekend (lost a prop at 90metres) my oilpan seems to have non-functioning x and z gyros.

    Are the gyros chips damaged from the heavy crash or is it more likely that some connections are loose?

    It seems odd that the x and y gyros are on the same chip and one appears working and the other not.

    I have posted here because all other functions on the oilpan appear to work so I am wondering if I could attach another gyro board via the i2c bus and still use the oilpan?

    Thanks in advance.

  • James Y. April 11, 2012 at 2:28am

    Put your sensors on a different i2c address from the default, and then adjust your code to use the new addresses.  Most of those sensors have a (semi) customizable i2c address.

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