Integration architecture design for implementation of a vector magnetometer on board of unmanned vehicle

Content of this contribution is proposal of Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for unmanned aerial vehicle. Verification of the real proposal is based on the creation of the integration algorithm utilizing magnetometer data, which outputs are values of speed, distance and attitude angles. Sensor units for proposed measurement unit are chosen considering the criteria, which are described. For this proposal and measurement is used accelerometer ADXL335, gyroscope L3G462A and magnetometer HMC5983. The contribution consist the overview of the chosen mathematical approaches and summary of the results in graphical form. The verification of proposed algorithm is in range of this contribution made on the proposed IMU unit on board of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

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