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Technical Product Overview

Inclinometers and Orientation Sensors 3DM-GX1® - 27212 3DM-GX1

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Gyro Enhanced Orientation Sensor

Introduction Features & Benefi ts

3DM-GX1® combines three angular rate gyros with three orthogonal DC accelerometers, three orthogonal magnetometers, multiplexer, 16 bit A/D converter, and embedded microcontroller to output its orientation in dynamic and static environments.Operating over the full 360 degrees of angular motion on all three axes, 3DM-GX1®provides orientation in matrix, quaternion, and Euler formats. The digital serial output can also provide temperature compensated, calibrated data from all nine orthogonal sensors at update rates of 350 Hz.Networks of 3DM-GX1® nodes can be deployed by using the built-in RS-485 network protocol. Embedded microcontrollers relieve the host system from the burden of orientation calculations, allowing deployment of dozens of 3DM-GX1® nodes with no signifi cant decrease in system throughput.Output modes and software fi lter parameters are user programmable. Programmed parameters and calibration data are stored in nonvolatile memory. • on-board processing/fi ltering of accelerometer, gyro and magnetometer output• fully compensated over wide temperature range • calibrated for sensor misalignment and gyro G-sensitivity• supports hard-iron fi eld calibration• outputs Euler angles, quaternion, orientation matrix, attitude and heading (azimuth/yaw) or raw sensor data• standard RS-232, RS-485 outputs, optional analog output • small, lightweight and low power • AHRS, IMU and vertical gyro modes

Applications

• unmanned aerial / underwater vehicles, robotics – navigation, artifi cial horizon• computer science, biomedical – animation, linkage free tracking/control • mobile cameras, sonar scanners – image reconstruction • mobile radio antennas – aiming optimization, dynamic correction, antenna shaping• manufacturing – container handling, hydraulic lift systems, machine tools

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