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How to get translation and roation data using 6DOF MPU6150

I am trying to get the position data from an IMU 6 Degrees of Freedom (MPU-6150) board using an Arduino Uno. I am trying Jeff Rowberg’s example MPU6050_DMP6.ino that may be found here. This is the ...
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Angle errors in IMU (using Accl & Gyro)

I am making Autonomous Quad. I am programming my IMU using ADXL335 -3 Axis analog Accelerometer & L3G4200D 3-axis digital Gyro. I am using ARM Cortex M4F based TI's stellaris launchpad LM4F120XL. ...
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How can I detect angular movements and disregard lateral movements?

I'm working on a project that involves a flat platform that a user can tilt from side to side and forward and back. I'd like a sensor that can monitor the angle difference between the platform's ...
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What are the differences between a gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer?

What is the difference between a 3-axis gyroscope, 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis magnetometer? How do these sensors work? Why are all 3 used in some devices like smartphones, tablets, quadcopters ...
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Rotating a gyroscope's output values into an earth-relative reference frame

For whatever reason, I seem to have gotten myself twisted into quite a confusion on how to process data from my 3 axis gyro and 3 axis accelerometer to get gyro rotation values related to the earth's ...
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IMU (gyro + accelerometer) breakout board with integrated Kalman filtering?

I am in need of a reliable gyro/accelerometer combo, that already has built-in motion processing (don't want to deal with Kalman filters in software). It seems that there are breakout boards out there ...
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How to determine position from gyroscope and accelerometer input?

I have a 3-axis accelerometer and a 2-axis gyroscope. I intend to measure something that only moves in the X and Z axis. I've heard of using Kalman filters to smooth out the acceleration vectors, but ...