All Blog Posts Tagged 'sensors' (8)

ArduSat: An Unmanned Falling Vehicle on which you might run code

Think you have challenges getting that sonar, airspeed sensor, or magnetometer to produce clean data in the harsh environment on your Skywalker, with ESCs, RF fields, 65mph winds, and multi-G impacts? Well, the guys over at NanoSatisfi are looking for a new level of pain, and have a …

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Added by Michael Pursifull on June 16, 2012 at 6:00am — 8 Comments

Pipo quad progress

 

Here's the latest on…

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Added by Erez R on February 25, 2011 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments

Android phone's sensors

Hi peeps,

Thought i ought to share what I'm working on, in brief it's an IMU using an android smart phone's sensors.  Here goes...

 

 

Practically all Anrdoid phones have a 3DOF accelerometer and a 3DOF magnetometer, so i've decided…

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Added by Hamish on February 19, 2011 at 8:31am — 10 Comments

Pipo ISU - a new IMU/MCU board

 

 

Hi guys,

I've been hard at work making a small, single board hardware platform for stabilization/autopilot purposes.

 

The board is very small.  Currently it measures 1.5"x1.1" (39mm x 28mm).   It runs a 16Mhz Atmel Atmega328p.

Also, included on board are a 3-axis mems gyro, 3-axis mems accelerometer and a 3-axis magnetometer (no in the…

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Added by Erez R on February 17, 2011 at 5:40am — 35 Comments


3D Robotics
ArduPilot Mega Updates, updates!

I have several stuff i would like to explain! Let's enumerate them:



1.-The first batch of ArduPilot Mega's may be released this Wednesday 28.



2.- The lasted shield is ready (codename: Foxtrap) and has many advantages compared to the last board, including the Invensense gyros (cheaper… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on April 24, 2010 at 7:00pm — 36 Comments

New website for AttoPilot is up



Hey all, here is the new AttoPilot website which is almost complete.

Just want to get some…

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Added by Max on April 4, 2010 at 9:00pm — 12 Comments

New 9 DOF sensor for $99



Its means to be interfaced to a PC over USB, but it appears to provide 9 DOF (accelermeters, gyros, and magnetometers). The device apparently can output the raw sensor values and/or Kalman filtered quaternions



http://www.pnicorp.com/products/all/spacepoint-fusion



Too good to be true?



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Added by Roy Brewer on December 4, 2009 at 10:28am — 12 Comments


3D Robotics
AttoPilot IR Sensors Now Available!





Attack! But please one unit per person! The demand is so high, be nice with others!



To buy it click here please.



[Copy/Paste Update]:

Also note that FMA XY is… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on July 12, 2009 at 4:30pm — 46 Comments

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