Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04A5

[Butrus Damaskus]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 7:51 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller 
wrote:

>
> > Am 16.08.2016 um 19:45 schrieb Xavi Drudis Ferran :
> >
> > El Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 03:26:51PM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller deia:
> >> 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.
> >>
> >
> > And is the software that microcontroller runs free ?
> > Is it replaceable ?
>
> not replaceable. It is fixed in the chip and described in the data sheet
> what it does.
> It does not more than providing integrated coordinate data in registers
> that the CPU an ask for over I2C. So it can't do anything unexpected.
>

Are you really sure? I just noticed that there is something about "boot
loader" in the Datashit...
P.
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Re: [Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5

[Butrus Damaskus]

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)?

Thanks!
Petr

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller  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
>
>
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Re: [Community] [Gta04-owner] Looking for a new project name (gta04-kernel)

[Butrus Damaskus]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com
 wrote:


 Now, the stage is open for your ideas and comments:


What about Linux? ;-)

(In other words, is there any reason gta04-kernel is not mergen into the
mainstream?)
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