Very cool, thanks Bosch :) On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi, > here a brief status update: > > * components have all arrived, except one > * the one is a new one which IMHO compensates for waiting some more days! > > Thanks to generous support by Bosch Sensortec we got an option to buy the > BNO055 intelligent 9-axis Absolute Orientation Sensor, which includes > sensors > and sensor fusion in a single package. It combines an accelerometer > (position), > gyroscope (rotation speed) and compass (absolute position) and a > microcontroller > in a single package. All data can be read through I2C. > > So this means we directly get the orientation data e.g. for Replicant > games and > augmented reality (which needs a working camera...) right from this chip > and do > not need to run complex algorithms on our own. > > https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/bst/products/all_products/bno055 > > This chip will be installed in addition to the BMC150 and BMG160 (because > we > already have bought them). And, the BME280. > > We have already tested this chip on a Pyra handheld prototype mainboard > which > also has place for it and we have got someone who has written a first > kernel driver: > > http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h= > refs/heads/work/test/bno055 > > It is not perfect yet, but shows that the sensor will work. > > All this mens that thanks to Bosch support, we will very soon have a very > modern > orientation sensor in our open smartphone platform. > > BR, > Nikolaus > > > _______________________________________________ > Gta04-owner mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner >
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