Arduino cansat and GY80

GY-80 IS A 10 DOF(DEGREE OF FREEDOM) module with …

• L3G4200D triple axis gyro

• ADXL345 triple axis accelerometer

• HMC5883L triple axis magnetometer

• BMP085 pressure and temperature

  • in future versions expect bmp180 which is a replacement for bmp085(GY87, GY88)

Sounds complicated but no so bad

How to get started

On the page below you will find docu and code that will make you operational

• sketchbook holds lot of examples and library code for the sensors

• download sketchbook/sketchbook.zip and unzip it in your local sketchbook then you will get all code and libraries

After that you have to close arduino IDE and restart it again

Example code

• Some examples is found in sketchbook

• A sketch taking all sensors is in sketchbook/gy80total

• Browse the examples in gy80 directory within your sketchbook

• Or the example sfor each sensor adxl345, bmp085, hmc5883l and l3g4200

Our cansat shield with a GY80, an apc220 radio og openlog logger attached.

Schematic

Schematics for GY80 board. Notice that all components are accessed via I2C serial bus and that there is local 3.3V regulator onboard.

Datasheets

See datasheets for the sensors here

Howtos

• http://www.forkrobotics.com/2013/06/using-the-gy80-10dof-module-with-arduino/

• adxl345 howto

• advanced usage

• FreeIMU library

• calibration