diff --git a/content/notes/10-orientation-sensors.md b/content/notes/10-orientation-sensors.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fbe105467 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/10-orientation-sensors.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +--- +title: "10-orientation-sensors" +tags: +- lecture +- info305 +--- + + +Accelerometers +- Measures proper acceleration (acceleration it experiences relative to freefall. gravity), felt by people or objects +- Units: m/s2 or g +- Most smartphone accelerometers trade large value range for high precision + - iPhone range: ±2g, precision 0.018g +![g forces|300](https://i.imgur.com/l4DnMSN.png) + +Accelerometers +- Acceleration is measured on 3 axes +- Orientation of sensor (and coordinate system) varies among different device +![|100](https://i.imgur.com/4SwveO3.png) + +Accelerometers +- Miniaturisation using a MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) +- Measuring flowing current over an differential capacitor indicates the acceleration +![|300](https://i.imgur.com/UIS4zDV.png) + +Accelerometers +- Advantage: + - Fast update rate + - Relatively accurate +- Disadvantage: + - Can’t easily identify certain kind of acceleration (small value range) + + + +Compass / Magnetometer +- Measures the strength of earth’s magnetic field +- Strength is expressed in tesla [T] +- iPhone 4 magnetometer range: ±2mT +- Pro tip: prolonged exposure to a fridge magnet decalibrates your phones’ magnetometer for at least a week ;-) +![field strength examples|300](https://i.imgur.com/00VV74x.png) + +![Error around metal/magnetic objects](https://i.imgur.com/YIJAcGS.png) + + + + + + +Recap +- Several improvements to traditional GPS +- AGPS for improved startup time and improved localisation using WIFI +- DGPS for improved localisation using reference stations with known error +- RTK GPS for improve localisation using DGPS and phase analysis + +- Accelerometers for measuring gravity along multiple axis (typically 3) +- Usually implemented with MEMS +- Typically limited in value range (in mobile devices) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/notes/info-305.md b/content/notes/info-305.md index b1a2c8046..941dc9d47 100644 --- a/content/notes/info-305.md +++ b/content/notes/info-305.md @@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ tags: - [x] [[07-location-sensors]] - [x] [[08-proximity sensors]] - [x] [[09-location-sensors-3]] -- [ ] +- [ ] [[10-orientation-sensors]] # Info \ No newline at end of file