Hi Everybody,
Given that the whole point of these super awesome circuits is to be very small, it seems like a pretty natural desire to have all the inertial sensing stuffed onto one shield instead of 3=12mm tall. Bosch has several "9 axis" parts available integrating 3 axis accel, 3 axis gyroscopes, and 3 axis magnetometer into one single 3mm*5mm*1mm package.
https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/en/homepage/products_3/9_axis_sensors_5/9-axis_sensorsIt will naturally be pricier than a 3 axis accel board, but in applications where space is a premium (Which is why we are all using these awesome boards!), I'd sure rather buy one board and be done with all the sensing forever
Certainly very useful for all the motion sensing applications out there as well as the micro quad-copter people.
They also have the combined sensor and sensor fusion chips that are only slightly bigger and output absolute orientation data Given that this will be a premium board over the single accel board, that might be nice to just do that. It would probably help to differentiate this option compared to buying the accel, gyros and magnetometer individually.
Thanks and keep up the awesome work!!!
-Dave
P.S. I'm a engineering PhD student who does micro robotics and inertial sensor designs if its helpful!
