Gentlemen,
My name is Ruben. I'm a student in the Netherlands, tasked with the project of creating a sensor that can measure the pitch and roll angle of a driving motorcycle. I know that this forum is for UAV purposes, but I hope that the simularities are sufficient for me to ask my questions here.
From my digging around some interesting websites I've come to understand the basic principle of getting accurate angle measurements out of a gyro + accelero combination (sensors an IMU has). Feed this information into a Kalman filter and voilá! As building your own ABS / wheelie control / etc systems on a motorcycle isn't exactly an often practised 'hobby', which is why I've come to these MAV sites as their goal is much the same.
The problem I'm having is that I have no experience at all at working with PCB's, interfacing with dataloggers and alike, or even actually implementing a Kalman filter. My only (limited) skills are working with Matlab and understanding the 'just' of most programming code. I am however a quick and eager learner.
Now I was wondering if any of you fine folk could perhaps help me on my way by giving me a guide to building a sensor from the point of ordering a Sparklefun 5DOF (or similiar sensor - cheaper is better) to having something working along the lines of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... WAFFZ7rPDc
I understand that this is a lot to ask, and much can probably be found in snippets of different posts, but finding the correct information is proving to be rather difficult.
A few technical details:
Range = +/- 60 degrees
Accuracy = 2 degrees or better
Functions under up to 2-3g of sideways force
TL;DR:
I'm an absolute noob at nearly everything related to building your own sensor equipment. I want to measure pitch and roll accurately on a driving motorcycle.
Thank you for your time.