Hi, > Am 21.08.2016 um 09:25 schrieb Butrus Damaskus <butrus.but...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Nikolaus! > > I didn't read the datasheet yet so just a quick question: is it still > possible to read the raw data from the sensors (just in the case we can do > better interpolations in software than what the Boschs' MCU does)?
As far as I know: yes. BTW: we will also have the two other sensors. BR, Nikolaus > > Thanks! > Petr > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <h...@goldelico.com > <mailto:h...@goldelico.com>> 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 > <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 > > <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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > Community@openphoenux.org <mailto:Community@openphoenux.org> > http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community > <http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community> > http://www.tinkerphones.org <http://www.tinkerphones.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Gta04-owner mailing list > gta04-ow...@goldelico.com > http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner
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