Vectornav VN-200 over uart used as IMU.
The default configuration doesn't show MAG data. Vectornav is factory calibrated
Example for airframe file
Add to your firmware section: This example contains all possible configuration options, not all of them are mandatory!
<module name="imu_vectornav">
b'<configure name="VN_PORT" value="uart3" />\n '
b'<configure name="VN_BAUD" value="B921600" />\n '
</module>
Module configuration options
Configure Options
- name:
VN_PORT
value: uart3
Description: UART to use
- name:
VN_BAUD
value: B921600
Description: UART baudrate
Module functions
Init Functions
These initialization functions are called once on startup.
Event Functions
These event functions are called in each cycle of the module event loop.
Periodic Functions
These functions are called periodically at the specified frequency from the module periodic loop.
- imu_vectornav_init()
- Frequency in Hz: 1
- Autorun: LOCK
Periodic function automatically starts after init and can't be stopped.
Files
Header Files
The following headers are automatically included in modules.h
Source Files
Raw imu_vectornav.xml file:
<!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "module.dtd">
<module name="imu_vectornav" dir="imu" task="sensors">
<doc>
<description>
Vectornav VN-200 over uart used as IMU.
The default configuration doesn't show MAG data.
Vectornav is factory calibrated
</description>
<configure name="VN_PORT" value="uart3" description="UART to use"/>
<configure name="VN_BAUD" value="B921600" description="UART baudrate"/>
</doc>
<dep>
<depends>uart,imu_common</depends>
<provides>imu</provides>
</dep>
<header>
<file name="imu_vectornav.h"/>
</header>
<init fun="imu_vectornav_init()"/>
<periodic fun="imu_vectornav_init()" freq="1"/>
<event fun="imu_vectornav_event()"/>
<makefile target="!sim|nps|fbw">
<configure name="VN_PORT" default="uart3" case="upper|lower"/>
<configure name="VN_BAUD" default="B921600"/>
<define name="USE_$(VN_PORT_UPPER)"/>
<define name="VN_PORT" value="$(VN_PORT_LOWER)"/>
<define name="$(VN_PORT_UPPER)_BAUD" value="$(VN_BAUD)"/>
<file name="vn200_serial.c" dir="peripherals"/>
<file name="imu_vectornav.c"/>
</makefile>
</module>