Arduino With IMU Shield

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Hello. I’m very new to the world of Arduino and my question is pretty straight forward I think.

I’d like to purchase an Arduino and an IMU sensor board (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer). I’d like to interface the arduino with Matlab and “play” with the measurements coming from each of the chips.

There seems to be so many different types of Arduino and I’m worried I won’t make the correct purchase.

Would someone be willing to help me, please?

Thanks,

Rick

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Any Arduino+IMU board sold by a trusted supplier (not Alibaba, etc.) will produce the results you can expect, after reading and understanding the sensor data sheets. Most boards come with library examples that poll all the sensors and send data in human-readable form over a serial port interface.

If you don’t know anything about wiring or assembly of electronics, buy a self-contained board that can simply be plugged into a computer with a USB cable, and start collecting data. Matlab includes Arduino interface functions.

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Thank you so much for your reply. I have decided to go with the tutorial given here: SparkFun 9DoF IMU (ICM-20948) Breakout Hookup Guide - SparkFun Learn

Thank you for your help.

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