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Detection heel-angle #13

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Describe the present state, and how to test for the problem?
1. Compass returns bad data when its heeled, it also returns the heel angle
2. We have an accelerometer which hasnt been hooked up/tested at all

What needs improving/what is the problem?
1. Using the accelerometer to detect heel angle would provide it even for high 
heel angles

Suggestions on how this should be fixed? Or links to resources/references?
1. Hardware needs to hook up the accelerometer
2. Then software can write some code to read from it
3. Test reading, figure out what delay is for reading, and then incorporate 
this check into the control loop for the boat

Original issue reported on code.google.com by cdmblair@gmail.com on 28 Feb 2011 at 8:16