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.
Hiya everybody and welcome again to a different massive Friday Product Put up right here at SparkFun Electronics! This week we now have an entire set of latest 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 searching for a brand new solution to to regulate your favourite robotics platform (in our case, it is the XRP Package) navigation capabilities with distinctive precision and streamlined integration. Following that we now 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, we now have a brand new package 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 knowledge throughout numerous laborious flooring surfaces. However that is not all! This sensor boasts a strong 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 purposes 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 offers further customization facets to the radios and does require a bit extra configuration to stand up and operating than the usual XBee modules. It permits native configuration with BLE utilizing the Digi XBee Cell app.
The FGSensors Full Gradiometer Package is a whole answer for these of you who’re keen on constructing your personal gradiometer. The package 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 collection of units are very excessive sensitivity magnetic area sensors working within the ±50 microtesla vary (±0.5 oersted). They’re easy, basically three terminal units, working from a single +5 volt provide, the connections being floor, +5v and output. The output is a sturdy 5 volt rectangular pulse whose interval is instantly proportional to the sphere power, (giving a frequency which varies inversely with the sphere), making it very simple 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 on daily basis, we need to be certain it turns into as accessible as doable 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 primarily based STEMMA boards from Adafruit. Now you’ll be able to plug Adafruit boards you could have onto the Qwiic bus or you should use this cable to introduce Qwiic sensors, inputs, and outputs into your Grove system.
That is it for this week. As at all times, we will not wait to see what you make! Shoot us a tweet @sparkfun, or tell us on Instagram, Fb or LinkedIn. Please be secure on the market, be sort to at least one one other! We’ll be again with extra new merchandise subsequent week so be certain to test again then. Glad hacking!
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