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VectorNav VN-100 Rugged
The “VN-100 Rugged”-sensor is from the company: VectorNav, all the text is copied from this page.
Documentation
| VN-100 Information | Application Notes |
|---|---|
| VN-100 Product Brief (4.14 MB) | Tuning the performance of the VN-100 (AN001) (621 KB) |
| VN-100 User Manual (2.62 MB) | Quaternion Math (AN002) (835 KB) |
| VN-100/200 Development Board User Manual (543KB) | Filter Dynamic Disturbance Tuning (AN005) (462 KB) |
| VN-100 Development Kit Quick Start Guide - Does not exist | Hard and Soft Iron Calibration (AN0012) (493 KB) |
| Embedded Firmware Library | |
| Embedded Firmware Library User Manual (1.21 MB) |
Downloads
| Sensor Explorer | VectorNav C/C++ Library |
|---|---|
| Compatible with Windows XP, Vista & 7 | The VectorNav C/C++ Library allows access from within C or C++ development environments. The included examples illustrate how to use the Library within a Windows and Linux environment. |
| Sensor Explorer.exe - remenber to check for updates | v0.1.7 VectorNav C/C++ Library.zip (0.24 MB) |
| VectorNav .NET Library | VectorNav Embedded Firmware Library |
| Our .NET Library provides a convenient interface to our sensors in any .NET environment, including C# and Visual Basic. The Library requires the .NET 2.0 Framework. | If you are interfacing with the VN-100 using a microcontroller or other embedded processor, download our VectorNav Embedded Firmware Library to speed up your development time. The Library is written in ANSI C, making it compatible with many embedded development environments. |
| v0.2.1 VectorNav .NET Library.zip (0.95 MB) | v1.0 VectorNav Embedded Firmware Library.zip (2.90 MB) |
| MATLAB Development Library | |
| We have developed a suite of MATLAB functions that allows you to quickly and easily perform many operations on the VN-100 and VN-200 from within the MATLAB environment. Here are a few of the capabilities of this MATLAB software Library: Read and write to any register Automatic checksum calculation Hard Soft Iron compensation script | |
| Matlab VN-100 / VN-200 Library.zip (1.23 MB) |
Specifications
| Attitude & Heading | |
|---|---|
| Range: Heading, Roll: | ±180 ° |
| Range: Pitch: | ±90 ° |
| Static Accuracy (heading): | 2.0 ° |
| Static Accuracy (pitch/roll): | 0.5 ° |
| Angular Resolution: | 0.05 ° |
| Repeatability: | 0.2 ° |
| Maximum Output Rate: | 200 Hz |
| Output Modes (Combinations of): - Euler Angles (Yaw, Pitch, Roll) - Quaternion - Rotation Matrix - Acceleration, Angular Rate, Magnetic Field and Pressure Filtering: - Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) - Adjustable tuning parameters for improved immunity to magnetic and dynamic disturbances - Active Disturbance Rejection - Automatic or User Selectable Tuning - Adaptive Signal Processing |
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| Environment | |
| Operating Temp: | -40°C to 85°C |
| Storage Temp: | -40°C to 85°C |
| IMU - Pressure | IMU - Angular Rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Range: | 10 to 1200 mbar | Range - Standard: | ±500 °/s |
| Resolution: | 0.042 mbar | Range - Extended*: | ±2000 °/s |
| Accuracy: | ±1.5 mbar | Linearity: | 0.1 % FS |
| Error Band: | ±2.5 mbar | Noise Density: | 0.005 °/s /√Hz |
| Bandwidth: | 200 Hz | Bandwidth: | 256 Hz |
| Alignment Error: | ±0.05 ° | ||
| IMU - Acceleration | IMU - Magnetic | ||
| Range - Standard: | ±8 g | Range - Standard: | ±2.5 Gauss |
| Range - Extended*: | ±16 g | Range - Extended*: | ±8 Gauss |
| Linearity: | 0.5 % FS | Linearity: | 0.1 % FS |
| Noise Density: | 400 mg/√Hz | Noise Density: | 140 µGauss/√Hz |
| Bandwidth: | 260 Hz | Bandwidth: | 200 Hz |
| Alignment Error: | ±0.05 ° | Alignment Error: | ±0.05 ° |
| *Contact VectorNav for pricing and availability of extended range versions. | |||
| Electrical | |
|---|---|
| Input Voltage (Rugged): | ? V to ? V |
| Input Voltage (SMD* & Dev Board): | 4.5 V to 5.5 V |
| Baud Rate: | Up to 921600 3.2 V to 5.5 V |
| Current Draw: | 50 mA |
| Power Consumption: | 165 mW @ 3.3 V |
| Digital Interface (Rugged): | |
| Digital Interface (SMD* and Dev Board): | RS-232, Serial TTL |
| Software: | Serial TTL, SPI Sensor Explorer Graphical User Interface (XP, Vista, Windows 7 compatible) |
| Physical | |
| Size (Rugged): | 33 x 36 x 9 mm (1.30 x 1.41 x 0.35 in) |
| Size (SMD*): | 22 x 24 x 3 mm (0.87 x 0.95 x 0.12 in) |
| Size (Dev Board): | 76 x 76 x 14 mm (2.98 x 2.98 x 0.55 in) |
| Weight (Rugged): | 13g |
| Weight (SMD*): | 3g |
| Weight (Dev Board): | 45 g |
| Connector (Rugged): | Harwin M80-5001042 |
| Footprint (SMD*): | 30-pin LGA |
| Connector (Dev Board): | DB9 or USB |
| *Surface-Mount Device | |