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  • Greg Fletcher February 16, 2010 at 6:41pm
    I don't think thermopiles will work on the moon. You would be seeing the moon's surface temp or the temp of space which I think is pretty low (3 deg K ?). This is out of the range of the sensors. This would definitely be something to consider, but impossible to test unless you above the moon. It might work just from the how much of the surface is in the field of view.
    If I had the resources for a moon landing I would use a machine vision system to back up and correct the gyros. I hear visibility is all ways near infinity on the moon.
    Check out the Paparozzi site. Some where they explain how thermopiles work for autopilots. IMHO you might just want to use a triple redundant system using higher quality gyros.
    Who's has a big enough rocket to get to the moon, let alone into LEO?
    If this is one of those tests I've seen in the desert, then it would work, but that would be cheating if it wouldn't work in space. :)
  • Daniel Wee December 10, 2009 at 9:19pm
    Don't forget - on the moon you will get different gravitational readings so your accelerometric code will have to handle that as well.

    Daniel
  • Ken December 7, 2009 at 6:22pm
    Spell it with me: T H E R M O P I L E. One "h."

    A thermophile is something which likes heat. For example, teenagers residing north of the Mason-Dixon line when spring break comes. Or certain, rather disgusting, little creatures living near undersea vents. Which may be the same thing...
  • Pwar Gyi Sayar December 7, 2009 at 5:06pm
    Hi all,

    I don't want to create unnecessary another topic. I just want to know a bit about IMU 6DOF razor (Red) from sparkfun, where it stated required 3.3V regulator. Not mentioned about Vrefs for gyro chips. Which I believe will require 1.23V right?? Funny thing is it is connected to OUT pins where LPF part and also connection for external Vref. I didn't give any to those pins as i was not aware. But It seems to be giving out correct zero rate value. So i don't really know if i need 1.23V ref or not. Can u suggest n e ??

    Regards
    PG
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    Chris Anderson November 29, 2009 at 11:39am
    No, you wouldn't use both. They do the same thing, via different methods. At the moment, the IMU is a stand-alone product and is not intended to work with ArduPilot.
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