API
USB / UART API to communicate with the IMU Sensor
Sensor Transmit (Tx) API
The sensor transmits data continuously at 100Hz in the format below. Each messages is 19 bytes.
Header
Index
Yaw
Roll
Pitch
X-axis
accel.
Y-axis
accel.
Z-axis
accel.
Reserved
Csum
2 byte
1 byte
2 byte
2 byte
2 byte
2 byte
2 byte
2 byte
3 byte
1 byte
0xAAAA
LSB-MSB
LSB-MSB
LSB-MSB
LSB-MSB
LSB-MSB
LSB-MSB
0x000000
Data
Description
Header
Each message starts with 0xAAAA
Index
8 bit counter (0-255)
Yaw
Rotation around z-axis, range -180 to 180. Clockwise is positive.
0.01 degree increments, e.g. 7435 is 74.35 degrees.
Roll
Rotation around x-axis, range -90 to 90. Counter clockwise positive.
0.01 degree increments, e.g. 1222 is 12.22 degrees.
Pitch
Rotation around y-axis, range -180 to 180. Counter clockwise positive.
0.01 degree increments, e.g. 1356 is 13.56 degrees.
X-axis
acceleration
X-axis acceleration in mg
Y-axis
acceleration
Y-axis acceleration in mg
Z-axis
acceleration
Z-axis acceleration in mg
Reserved
3 bytes set to 0.
Checksum
(Csum)
Sum of index, yaw, pitch, roll, and acceleration.
Sensor Receive (Rx) API
To reset the sensor heading direction (Yaw, Pitch, Roll) to 0 send the following command to the sensor.
Example Message
Below is an example message sent by the IMU sensor.
Message: 0xAA AA DE 01 00 92 FF 25 08 8D FE EC FF D1 03 00 00 00 E7
Data
Hex
Value
Index
0xDE
222
Yaw
0x00 01
0.01 degrees
multiply by -1 for counter clockwise
= -0.01 degrees
Roll
0xFF 92
-1.10 degrees
Pitch
0x 08 25
20.85 degrees
X-accel
0x FE 8D
-371 mg or -3.638 m/s2
Y-accel
0x FF EC
-20 mg or -0.196 m/s2
z-accel
0x 03 D1
977 mg or 9.581 m/s2
multiply by -1 for Z-accel. up
= -977 mg
Checksum
0xE7
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