The brand new SparkFun Optical Monitoring Odometry Sensor is right here with a slew of different new merchandise, together with two from our buddies at FGSensors.
Whats up everybody and welcome again to a different large Friday Product Publish right here at SparkFun Electronics! This week now we have an entire set of recent merchandise so that you can try and all of it begins with the brand new SparkFun Optical Monitoring Odometry Sensor! This standard-sized Qwiic Sensor is good for these of you on the lookout for a brand new technique to to regulate your favourite robotics platform (in our case, it is the XRP Equipment) navigation capabilities with distinctive precision and streamlined integration. Following that now we have a the final of the brand new Digi XBee® RR Professional Modules (not less than for now) that be part of the remainder of the ecosystem we supply. Subsequent up, now we have a brand new equipment and a standalone magnetometer from our buddies at FGSensors and we wrap the week off with a brand new Qwiic to STEMMA Adapter Cable! Now, with out additional ado, let’s bounce in and take a better look!
Excessive precision robotic navigation capabilities on a 1in. by 1in. board!
The SparkFun Qwiic Optical Monitoring Odometry Sensor empowers you to raise your robotic’s navigation capabilities with distinctive precision and streamlined integration. This compact, all-in-one sensor leverages the facility of the PAA5160E1 chip from PixArt Imaging Inc., delivering correct dual-axis movement information throughout varied laborious ground surfaces. However that is not all! This sensor boasts a robust built-in 6-axis Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and an onboard microcontroller that performs real-time sensor fusion and monitoring algorithms.
XBee RR 802.15.4 RF Modules are embedded options offering wi-fi end-point connectivity to units. These units use the IEEE 802.15.4 networking protocol for quick point-to-multipoint or peer-to-peer networking. They’re designed for high-throughput functions requiring low latency and predictable communication timing. The XBee RR 802.15.4 RF Module helps the wants of low-cost, low-power wi-fi sensor networks. This variation of the RR module is the PRO model with a PCB Antenna. The PRO line gives further customization points to the radios and does require a bit extra configuration to stand up and working than the usual XBee modules. It permits native configuration with BLE utilizing the Digi XBee Cellular app.
The FGSensors Full Gradiometer Equipment is an entire resolution for these of you who’re keen on constructing your individual gradiometer. The equipment contains all of the digital and mechanical elements you will want, together with two FG-3+ magnetometer sensors, a completely assembled and examined PCB, pre-installed firmware with Android connectivity, an Android app, an LCD show, and extra.
The FGM-X sequence of units are very excessive sensitivity magnetic subject sensors working within the ±50 microtesla vary (±0.5 oersted). They’re easy, primarily three terminal units, working from a single +5 volt provide, the connections being floor, +5v and output. The output is a strong 5 volt rectangular pulse whose interval is instantly proportional to the sector energy, (giving a frequency which varies inversely with the sector), making it very straightforward to interface to a pc or micro controller. The standard interval swing for the complete vary of an FGM-3 is from 8.5 μs to 25μs (~120 KHz to ~50KHz), a transparent indication of its excessive sensitivity.
With the SparkFun Qwiic Join System increasing daily, we wish to be sure that it turns into as accessible as potential however we perceive there are different methods that may praise it on the market. The Qwiic to STEMMA Adapter Cable permits interoperability between the SparkFun Qwiic Join System and the I2C based mostly STEMMA boards from Adafruit. Now you possibly can plug Adafruit boards you might have onto the Qwiic bus or you need to use this cable to introduce Qwiic sensors, inputs, and outputs into your Grove system.
That is it for this week. As all the time, we won’t wait to see what you make! Shoot us a tweet @sparkfun, or tell us on Instagram, Fb or LinkedIn. Please be protected on the market, be sort to 1 one other! We’ll be again with extra new merchandise subsequent week so be sure that to verify again then. Joyful hacking!
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