About FAE_CA1

Hi, Thanks for your inquiry. It is true that APP Board 2.0 (APP2.0) allows Development Desktop 2.0 (DD2.0) connection via Bluetooth via the board interface screen and selecting a virtual COM port. However, APP Board 3.0 (APP3.0) uses BLE and special protocol to transmit data via Bluetooth. Currently DD2.0 doesn't support BLE feature which means that DD2.0 doesn't know how to establish the BLE link with APP3.0 board, how to receive data packets from APP3.0 board and how to translate the data packet to real meaningful sensor data, etc. But users can use Android app running on any Android device to work with APP3.0 board for sensor configuration and data logging. If you really need to make APP3.0 board work with PC through BLE, then we have a temporary solution that uses COINES SW to configure sensor and uses Python SW to log sensor data into a file through BLE for post data processing. But there is no real time waveforms display like DD2.0. Thanks. ... View more

Hi, Thanks for your inquiry. BNO055 6DoF sensor fusion uses accel data and gyro data to output pitch/roll/yaw Euler angles. The magnetometer is turned off or not used. Pitch or roll angle is mainly from the accel for static update while gyro is helping for dynamic update. When the work together BNO055 is able to output accurate and dynamic pitch/roll angles. However, yaw angle is only from gyro data in 6DoF sensor fusion. Rotating at constant speed on yaw should not be a problem. The problem is the rotating speed is too low for example at 1dps or 2dps. Because the gyro noise is about 0.1dps ~ 0.3dps, BNO055 sensor fusion may not be able to update yaw angle all the time. You may consider to use a optical encoder to detect yaw angle. Thanks. ... View more

Hi, Thanks for your inquiry. BMM150 x/y axes are based on Bosch Flip-Core technology and z axis is based on Hall Effect technology. There is no moving part inside BMM150 so the performance/stability will remain the same after 10 years. It will not degrade due to weather, temperature, etc. BMM150 is not recommended for new design. Please consider new magnetometer BMM350. BMM350 datasheet is available online. Thanks. ... View more

Hi, Thanks for your inquiry. BHI360 is the latest version of our smart sensor that has sensor fusion built-in. You may try to get a shuttle board at https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/bosch-sensortec/shuttle-board-3-0-bhi360/19522586 to do your evaluation to see if it can meet your requirements in heavy duty machines. Thanks. ... View more

Hi, Thanks for your inquiry. BMI160 is not available for new design according to our website. Please switch to the latest IMU BMI323 which is pin-ro-pin compatible with BMI160 for your evaluation. BMI160 has typical ODR tolerance of +/-1% (1-sigma). So 3-sigma will be +/-3%. For example when you set BMI160 accel and gyro to 50Hz, then the real ODR from part to part will be typically in the range of 49.5Hz and 50.5Hz. Considering 3-sigma for 64 frames in FIFO at 50Hz ODR, the timing will be in the range of 1.28s +/- 0.04s which is from 1.24s to 1.32s. What you observed from different PCBs is from BMI160's ODR tolerance. BMI160 has 3-byte sensortime registers 0x18, 0x19 and 0x1A. It is a free running clock after BMI160 is powered on. You may search online for an algorithm about how to synchronize your MCU clock and BMI160 sensortime clock so that your every device will work the same way. Thanks. ... View more