[Dprglist] Compass heading using gyroscopes?

[Murray Altheim]

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the clarification. If I want a magnetometer in the mix I've
got to wave my robot or my motorcycle in the air, understood. I think
I now better understood why you might like the IMU mode, which, not
including the magnetometer, doesn't require all that waving around
business. If I can get away with that it does sound preferable.

In any case, this sounds like I should do a bit more experimentation
with the various BNO055 modes before making a decision on which sensor
to use, and stop blaming the BNO055 for having some kind of specialised
calibration. That's kinda what I'd gathered but it's good to have that
confirmed, thanks!

Cheers,

Murray

On 15/05/20 4:17 pm, Doug Paradis wrote:
> Murray,
> The "fusion" of the sensors is the Kalman filter (or the secret
> sauce). The difference between imu and ndof modes is that the
> magnetometer is added to the gyroscope and accelerometer sensors.
> It is the magnetometer that needs to be waved in the air. The 
> gyroscope and accelerometer will self-calibrate after a short
> period of time. To calibrate any magnetometer, you have to wave 
> it a bit (for example an iphone). The big advantage of the BNO055
> is the low drift of the gyroscope (due in part to the internal 
> Kalman filter).
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