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[Reply #345 on:]

@Lauszus

Thanks for the reply!

And offcourse for the samples.

I''ll be using some pretty strong servos which i'll be using inside brackets to hold the force and weight.

Thanks,

Niels

[Reply #346 on:]

Hi, Sparkfun doesn't sell https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10010? any more.
it's been replaced by https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10121?.

is your code compatible with the new product ? if yes what modifications should I make .
Thank you

[Reply #347 on:]

Take a look at this code: https://github.com/TKJElectronics/Example-Sketch-for-IMU-including-Kalman-filter/tree/master/IMU6DOF/ITG3205_ADXL345, it's for a ITG3205 and a ADXL345. I know the gyro is a bit different, but it should work just fine with your as well.

[Reply #348 on:]

Hallo Lauszus, Thanks so much for this great blog. I need ur help with something. I'm using itg 3200 and bma 180, I applied your code and it works fine but when rotating around roll for exaple with 90 degrees, the output reading is 70 and the same for pitch although before that, i was applying a comp filter (explained by starlino) and it was giving an output of 90 when rotating with 90 degrees. Do you have any idea what might be causing that?

[Reply #349 on:]

@totyforever
Try this code I wrote: https://github.com/TKJElectronics/Example-Sketch-for-IMU-including-Kalman-filter/blob/master/IMU6DOF/ITG3205_ADXL345/ITG3205_ADXL345.ino and tell me if that works.

[Reply #350 on:]

Man, you are great , the problem was in this function:-
 R = sqrt(pow(accXval,2)+pow(accYval,2)+pow(accZval,2));
 accXangle = acos(accXval/R)*RAD_TO_DEG-90;
 accYangle = acos(accYval/R)*RAD_TO_DEG-90;

I think it's not accurate or something as I was applying it in my old code and instead of (accXval/R), it was (Rxest/R) where Rxest is calculated using both acc and gyro readings. However, after I changed it with the one u sent me in the previous post, it worked so fine. Thank you so much.

[Reply #351 on:]

@totyforever
Nice. You welcome
atan2 will also give you 360 degrees resolution!

[Reply #352 on:]

Yup I noticed that , but shouldn't I use the acc sensitivity in this function and for the Y angle as well :
double getXangle() {
 double accXval = Accx-zeroValue[0];
 double accZval = Accz-zeroValue[2];
 double angle = (atan2(accXval,accZval))*RAD_TO_DEG;
 return angle;

I mean would be like this: (4095 = sens in 2g range)

double getXangle() {
  double accXval = (Accx-zeroValue[0])/4095;
  double accZval = (Accz-zeroValue[2])/4095;
  double angle = (atan2(accXval,accZval))*RAD_TO_DEG;
  return angle;

[Reply #353 on:]

It does not make any difference.

For instance take a look at this picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Trigonometry_triangle.svg
You can get the angle using atan(a/b).

For instance if a=100 and b=500, then the angle would be:
atan(100/500)=11.31deg
Then if you divide both of them with the same constant (this could be the sensitivity) lets say it's 100. Then a=100/100=1 and b=500/100=5, so:
atan(1/5)=11.31deg

atan2 is used to get 360 resolution and is dealt within the function. See this wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atan2#Definition

[Reply #354 on:]

yes got it Thanks Lauszus a lot for ur efforts, wish u all the best

[Reply #355 on:]

@totyforever
Your welcome and you too

[Reply #356 on:]

Hi mate, I've seen you videos on Youtube and thats how I've got here!

I need a 2 axis gyro and 2 axis accelerometer for what I need, wich board do you suggest?

Thanks!

[Reply #357 on:]

@lparisi

One of the most popular at the moment is the MPU-6050 from InvenSense: http://www.invensense.com/mems/gyro/mpu6050.html. I got a one as well and the performance is pretty good and you can also do a lot of advances stuff with it.
There is a breakout board available form Sparkfun: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11028 and a lot of other places like ebay.

Here is a basic example sketch I wrote: https://github.com/TKJElectronics/Example-Sketch-for-IMU-including-Kalman-filter/tree/master/IMU6DOF/MPU6050

If you need to work with the onboard DMP, I recommend the following library: https://github.com/jrowberg/i2cdevlib/tree/master/Arduino/MPU6050

[Reply #358 on:]

What is the Arduino that you used for this project and do you think that there would any problems with coding the gyro/accelerometer module that you used for a Nano v3.0?

[Reply #359 on:]

@Swoop132
I originally used a Duemilanove, but I have since used the same code for Arduino Uno, Mega etc.
You can use it with a Nano just fine.