VectorNave VN 200
While surfing the net, I came across this chip I thought it is worth writing about it.
The VN-200 is a miniature high-performance GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System that combines MEMS inertial sensors, a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, and advanced Kalman filtering algorithms to provide optimal estimates of position, velocity, and orientation for industrial applications.
Utilizing the latest advancements in MEMS technology, the VN-200 incorporates a wide assortment of inertial sensors including a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, 3-axis magnetometer, and a barometric pressure sensor.
Here is the full article
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Comment by Rana on September 2, 2012 at 8:21am -
Nice search !
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Comment by johnkowalsky on September 2, 2012 at 8:22am -
wow! just wow!
even more impressive once you realized that 30 yr ago something that had the same capabilities would weigh probably more than 5-10 kg :-)
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Comment by Veikko Vierola on September 2, 2012 at 8:24am -
That is nice, but seems to be very expensive device...
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Comment by Nick Arsov on September 2, 2012 at 8:37am -
Did you see the price....$900/unit at 1000pcs.....WOW....really wow!
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Comment by johnkowalsky on September 2, 2012 at 8:43am
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sure it's pricey but it's not for amateurs - though I am impressed that they managed to put and entire nav system into something as small as this
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Comment by Antonie Kruger on September 2, 2012 at 10:28am -
Agreed Nick, wow, just wow!!!!! Odd that VectorNave VN 200 would surf to find own product Vectornav....mmm. Buddy, make it affordable to the plebs and the most of us will flock to your door with our orders. I'll even say please....PPPLlllleeeaaaasssseeeee. Would love to have one or two or a 1000, but at $900 a pop, I'll bite the bullet and suffer the eastern quality for a while more. Theyre bound to rip off a product like this. I'm sure you have done the marketing research and did your models ect., but the way I see it, rather have 1000000 clients paying x than 100 paying x^2. I know the R&D cost arguments ect, but your smile will be much broader if you cater for the masses like myself and Nick and Rana and, and and. Looks awsome, great work.
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Comment by Vladimir "Lazy" Khudyakov on September 2, 2012 at 10:48am -
Wow, what a nice, cheap device :))) I will try it.
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Comment by Tero Koivunen on September 2, 2012 at 10:51am -
Wow, and weight 3g (SMD)
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Comment by Antonie Kruger on September 2, 2012 at 10:55am
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Lazy, when youre done, let me have it for a go.'ll send it back when im done.....maybe.
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Comment by Vladimir "Lazy" Khudyakov on September 2, 2012 at 11:00am
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:))) Sure.
For now, I flew MTi-G from Xsens and CHIMU from Ryan Mechatronics. I think Vectornav is good alternative for MTi-G.
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