Is not ready yet, has tiny mistakes, but the tweaked boards is under the last hardware performance test's , as soon as i get an answer, I will start the mass production... ETA two weeks! (Maybe sooner).
The shield can be bottom placed (oil pan) or in the top (Shield). I would suggest the bottom side so you protect the IC's and have a lower profile!
Poll: Do you prefer the Shield in Red or Blue?
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Until now, we have two versions of multipurpose "Attitude and Heading Reference System" (AHRS).
This long name is because both versions are more then a simple IMU. They are prepared for read, traduce an join data by a group of sensors and an optional GPS, sending the result by an USART output. Here we go with the actual boards:
1 - ArduIMU+ V1: it have a 6DOF IMU. The hardware is composed by 4 tinny boards, making something near to an open cube. You could connect a GPS into it for additional precision and for more resources;
2 - ArduIMU+ V2: it have a 6DOF IMU. It's an "all-in-one" flat board, with possibility to upgrade to 9DOF by adding an Magnetometer board attached to it. It have GPS connection too.
The other one in the game is the "ArduPilot". It's an autonomous flying controller system. The oldest main board either the newest (ArduPilot Mega) may use that two AHRS mentioned above, or even an horizon sensor. But the purpose of the newest version of ArduPilot (the main board) is to use a shield that accumulates a lot of functions and peripherals, including a 6DOF IMU, black-box logging, pressure sensor, etc. The GPS will be connected directly to main board and there is a similar connection on shield to attach a magnetometer to make its IMU part a 9DOF one. I hope it can help you... and welcome to the community!
You're coming in the middle of a product transition and I can understand it's a little confusing. Because we're an open source community, we share a lot of pre-release info, but if you haven't been following along it's hard to keep track. Once the products are formally released (within the month), we'll make everything clear, the way it is with basic ArduPilot. I suggest you wait till then.
In the meantime, I don't understand your 6DoF question. If you're referring to the Sparkfun 6DoF board, it doesn't have any connection to this project. The IMU shown above is its own 6 DoF board.
In the setup shown on the photo, can the built-in ftdi of the shield be used for the Ardupilot Mega too?
Does the ArduPilot Mega mainboard need any changes or should we go ahead and order it now?
Thanks for your excellent efforts!
Dave
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