nav6 Open Source IMU designed for FIRST Robotics

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The new nav6 Open Source Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) designed for FIRST robotics is now available for sale at the Kauailabs store.

The nav6 IMU makes sophisticated inertial navigation capabilities easily available to student robotics teams, including the FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC). The nav6 IMU rapidly calculates yaw, pitch, roll and compass heading, as well as linear acceleration; these capabilities enable robot features that include:

* "Field-oriented" drive mode
* Robot balancing
* Automatically rotating to an absolute or relative angle
* Motion / No-Motion Detection
* Bump Detection



== Key Features ==

* Yaw, Pitch and Roll Angles
* Tilt-compensated Compass Heading
* 100Hz Update Rate
* Automatic Accelerometer/Gyroscope Calibration
* Automatic Hard-Iron Magnetometer Calibration
* Completely Open Source: Source Code, Schematics/Bill of Materials and Enclosure Design files (for 3D printer) are available on-line at no cost
* Arduino-compatible - programmable with free Arduino IDE
* C++ and Java Classes for rapidly integrating the nav6 IMU into your robot control software
* Electrical design for easy integration into the FIRST FRC CRio-based Control System

For more details, please visit the nav6 Wiki - which includes full documentation on how to install and use the nav6 IMU, including application examples and much more.