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New 6dof from sparfun.

Posted by Diarmuid Wrenne on October 1, 2009 at 9:43am
The new 6DOF from sparkfun has all surface mount so no gyros on daughter boards.http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9431"Description: There's a lot of punch packed into this little IMU. The 6DOF Razor makes use of ST's LPR530AL (pitch and roll) and LY530ALH (yaw) gyros, as well as the popular ADXL335 triple-axis accelerometer, to give you six degrees of measurement on a single, flat board."

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  • Tytouff October 2, 2009 at 1:58am
    A somewhat off-topic question, but by using the LPR530, you get from 300 to 1200deg/sec angular speed, I thought about using the LPR510 which gives 100 to 400deg/sec. In your opinion and experience, what is the maximum speed one should target?
  • Widyawardana Adiprawita October 1, 2009 at 5:04pm
    Some mention about ST gyro's problem with vibration due to low resonant frequency. How about this ? Has anyone tried ?
  • Scott Plunkett October 1, 2009 at 3:53pm
    OK, now seriously...doesn't this just BEG to become part of an ArduPilot Shield?!?!
  • Jack Crossfire October 1, 2009 at 11:02am
    For the wierdos who just care about flying in GPS range there should still be a 3DOF product. Obviously you'll get a lot of hate from the motion capture industry for not promoting The Standard IMU. VicaCopter used a 3DOF IMU algorithm & Neural Robotics probably did. It was more reliable than using compasses & accelerometers. The source code has always been available.
  • Jack Crossfire October 1, 2009 at 10:09am
    Why can't $parky make these double sided & gyro only so they'd be real small? Autopilots haven't needed accelerometers for years.
  • Caleb M October 1, 2009 at 9:51am
    Wow that's really impressive.
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