Arduino cansat and GY87
GY-87 IS A 10 DOF(DEGREE OF FREEDOM) module with …
MPU 6050
3 axis accelerometer
3 axis gyro
digital motion processor
HMC5883L triple axis magnetometer
BMP180 pressure and temperature
in future versions expect bmp180 which is a replacement for bmp085(GY87, GY88)
Sounds complicated but no so bad
How to get started
On the page below you will find docu and code that will make you operational
sketchbook holds lot of examples and library code for the sensors
download sketchbook/sketchbook.zip and unzip it in your local sketchbook then you will get all code and libraries
After that you have to close arduino IDE and restart it again
Example code
Some examples is found in sketchbook
A sketch taking all sensors is in sketchbook/gy80total
Browse the examples in gy80 directory within your sketchbook
Or the example sfor each sensor adxl345, bmp085, hmc5883l and l3g4200
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Our cansat shield with a GY80, an apc220 radio og openlog logger attached. |
Schematic
Schematics for GY80 board. Notice that all components are accessed via I2C serial bus and that there is local 3.3V regulator onboard.
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Datasheets
See datasheets for the sensors here