Interfacing the MPU9250 IMU for Absolute Orientation Data
Inertial Measurement Units, or IMUs, are ubiquitous in robotics applications but are also useful for any project in which orientation information or motion detection is
September 27, 2018
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Epic Race at the Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Challenge 2017 – Part II
As with any side-project, especially with a hard and fast deadline, loose-ends were just an
inevitability. When I left for Denver on Thursday afternoon I had three
software bits unfinished. I’d done testing and analysis on all three, but these
were still incomplete:
October 24, 2017
Sparkfun TMP102 Temperature Sensor: Network and I2C connectivity with a NetBurner Device
This article will demonstrate how to interface a NetBurner device to the Sparkfun TMP102 temperature sensor using the I2C communication bus. The temperature readings can be read through the serial port of the NetBurner device, and will also be visible on the device’s web page. The web page will use Ajax (a type of javascript) to continuously update the reading without reloading the web page.
August 19, 2014
How to communicate with Sparkfun’s free cloud data service
Last week Sparkfun Electronics announced a new, open source cloud server application called Phant. Phant acts as a logging tool which allows any device to
July 18, 2014