UAV Wireless Link

Wireless & IoT
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Hello, I want to have a module that has a 3-axis accelerometer and a gyro for each axis also. I need that data to be streamed to my computer almost in realtime. I am not sure if I need to have the 4 sensors all connected to a microcontroller then to a wireless module, or if I can directly connect the sensors to my wireless xmitter.

I have not purchased anything yet, so I am open for ideas. I did find a DIY-UAV site, and they sell a module that has the accelerometer and 3 gyros. located at http://store.diydrones.com/ProductDetai … duIMU%2D01 This is what Im looking for. I need to see the exact orientation of a device used in our lab in 3d space. Also latency is an issue, I need near real time.

Thanks again for any advice on my project.

Tommy

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What you need is a 6DOF IMU, lots of people sell the hardware but not many come with decent software, there is a lot of maths involved.

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Sparkfun sells what you are looking for, just look in the IMU section. It doesn’t have any fancy sensor fusion algorithms or anything, it just dumps the raw sensor readings if I remember correctly.

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Thank you both for the reply. This is exactly what I was looking for. Now I need to see if I can track down any software…

Thanks again,

Tommy