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    Reading BMM150 head

    Reading BMM150 head

    NikitaMalikov
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    Hi

    I'm using the BMM150 to get earth compass read

    How to convert the X,Y,Z values to 0-360 compass heading read?

    Do I need to calibrate the BMM150 to improve the readout values?

     

    I set the following configuration using i2c:

     

    Register 0x4B Value 0x01 (Power)

    Register 0x4E Value 0x87 (Enable Data Ready bit)

    Register 0x4E Value 0x4C(Normal mode)

     

    Reading  sequnse + parsing raw data:

    When Data Ready Status bit is 1 read 6 byte from register 42 into buffer 

    x_raw[0] = (buffer[1] << 5) | (buffer[0] >> 3); // x
    y_raw[1] = (buffer[3] << 5) | (buffer[2] >> 3); // y

    xyHeading = atan2(x_raw[0], y_raw[1]);

    if(xyHeading < 0)
        xyHeading += 2*PI;
    if(xyHeading > 2*PI)
        xyHeading -= 2*PI;

    deg = xyHeading * 180/PI;

    I getting the same problem with every read call and the deg is alyaws 45 degrees regardless  the location of the sensor in space.

    Appreciate any help

    3 REPLIES 3

    FAE_CA1
    Community Moderator
    Community Moderator

    Hi,

    Thanks for your inquiry.

    If you want to implement an eCompass in 3D space, then you need a 3-axis accelerometer to work with BMM150. If you only rotate the eCompass on a flat leveled surface in 2D, then you don't need the accel.

    For 2D eCompass, you can do the following:

    (1) Get BMM150 x/y/z values in the unit of uT from the API source code online at https://github.com/BoschSensortec/BMM150-Sensor-API. Or you can refer to the attached "bmm150-step-by-step-temperature-compensation-sample.pdf" about how to convert BMM150 raw signed integers to uT values.

    (2) After you get BMM150 x/y/z values in the unit of uT, then you can rotate your device clockwise or counterclockwise a few rounds slowly to collect BMM150 data.

    (3) Then you can plot BMM150 x/y data in x-y plane. It should look like a circle shifted from the origin. Now you can determine the offset x0 and y0 so that you cam move the shifted circle to the center.

    (4) Now you can use your formula below every time when you get the new BMM150 x/y/z data in the unit of uT:

    xyHeading = atan2[(x_raw-x0), (y_raw-y0);

    if(xyHeading < 0)
    xyHeading += 2*PI;
    if(xyHeading > 2*PI)
    xyHeading -= 2*PI;

    deg = xyHeading * 180/PI;

    For 3D space tilt compensated eCompass, you can find a lot of articles online about how to do it.

    Thanks.

    Did not quite understand from witch registers I'm getting this parameters

    NikitaMalikov_0-1618914917353.png

     

     

    Also correct me if I'm wrong - the offsets x0 and y0 is the Bx and By from bmm150-step-by-step-temperature-compensation-sample ?

     

    NikitaMalikov_0-1618899546182.png

     

    Another question -is it necessary to tilt and rotate the sensor back and forth on every axis? 

    Hi,

    Please see the attached another document "BMM150_temperature_compensation.pdf" regarding the location of each parameter from dig_x1 to dig_xyz1 from each BMM150's internal NVM.

    Bx, By are the temperature compensated BMM150 data in the unit of uT based on the BMM150 raw data (signed integers) and the parameters from dig_x1 to dig_xyz1 and the formula. If you rotate BMM150 on a flat surface slowly in 2D plane, you will collect a lot of data points of [Bx, By]. Then you can plot these data points on x-y plane. You will find that these data points will form a circle or an ellipse with the center shifted from the origin [0uT, 0uT]. You can develop an algorithm to determine the center of the shifted circle for example. The coordinate of the center is [x0, y0]. After you subtract [x0, y0] from each data point of [Bx, By] , you will find that the circle is now centered at the origin of [0, 0].

    Similarly, if you rotate BMM150 in 3D space slowly with Figure-8 motions, you can collect a lot of data points of [Bx, By, Bz]. After you plot these data points in 3D you will find out that these data points will form a sphere or an ellipsoid with the center shifted from the origin [0, 0, 0]. Then the offset will be [x0, y0, z0] so that you can subtract it to each data point and future data points so that the sphere or ellipsoid is centered at origin.

    Thanks.

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