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alex p replied to alex p's discussion ArduSailor? in Sailing Drone
"Thanks! Would be what :) ?"
Jan 4, 2016
alex p posted a discussion in Sailing Drone
I've been working on an autonomous sail boat for about 18 months. I've got something that works, but needs a lot of tuning:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUwbx9gO6aAIt's a bit smarter than in that video, but still gets lost when crossing wind:I've…
Jan 4, 2016
alex p replied to Brett Smith's discussion Magnetometer Tilt Compensation Tutorial + Sensor Analysis
":)
 
fwiw, I think i got it working in my project, using the DMP: https://github.com/kolosy/ArduSailor/blob/master/firmware/ahrs.cpp"
Feb 16, 2015
alex p replied to Brett Smith's discussion Magnetometer Tilt Compensation Tutorial + Sensor Analysis
"What makes you say that? The signs defined on the accel / gyro vs the mag are the same for x and y, and different for z. You're changing all 3."
Feb 16, 2015
alex p replied to Brett Smith's discussion Magnetometer Tilt Compensation Tutorial + Sensor Analysis
"Looks like my problem was a faulty sensor.

Also - I'll add it here for posterity. I used the MPU's DMP features to get the quaternion + roll angles, and then the FreeScale application note to perform the tilt compensation. In that case, I had to…"
May 13, 2014
alex p replied to Brett Smith's discussion Magnetometer Tilt Compensation Tutorial + Sensor Analysis
"Did you get anywhere with this? I'm using the same sensor, and having what I think is a similar issue. The difference for me is that I've got the DMP working, so that's how I'm getting my quaternion values. My tilt compensation looks like this:…"
May 12, 2014