ANNOUNCEMENT: Analog Devices FIRST Sensor Donation

[juchong]

Analog Devices is excited to introduce two new sensors for use on your 2016 robot! Both sensors are designed for use in rugged, industrial applications - perfect for FRC!

Both sensors have been designed to plug directly into your RoboRIO and don't require any additional wiring. This should get your team up and running quickly!

FRC Gyro & Accelerometer Board



This board is designed to give teams single-axis sensor feedback for use in field-oriented driving and complex autonomous routines. FIRST has provided teams with Java, C++ and LabVIEW libraries to help you get started. This sensor will be included in all FIRST Choice orders automatically at no charge. For more information check out http://www.analog.com/first and the AndyMark FIRST Choice website.

ADIS16448 IMU MXP Breakout Board



Analog Devices is proud to introduce the ADIS16448 10 degree-of-freedom IMU to FIRST Robotics. This sensor is designed to provide robots with high precision motion feedback for advanced robotics tasks.

The ADIS16448 is a complete inertial system, integrating a triaxial gyroscope, a triaxial accelerometer, a triaxial magnetometer, and pressure sensors in a calibrated, compact, robust package. For FIRST Robotics, ADI has also designed an MXP breakout board to easily integrate this sensor on your team’s robot. This sensor is available on the FIRST Choice website for purchase. Check out http://www.analog.com/first for more information and the AndyMark FIRST Choice website for links to tutorials and software.

Feedback and questions are very welcome! Please start a new thread or send a PM if you need any assistance!

[marshall]

Thanks Juan!!!! I know you've worked hard on getting ADI involved and these look awesome!

[juchong]

Originally Posted by marshall

Thanks Juan!!!! I know you've worked hard on getting ADI involved and these look awesome!

Thanks Marshall! Let me know if you have any questions once you have the sensor in-hand. It took a lot of negotiating and testing, but the software and hardware should be ready for competition!

As a side note, I updated the IMU software last night to properly sample the sensor. There are a few more features I'd like to add to the framework, but teams should be able to drop it into their code quickly.

[ty.sayman]

Thank You Juan!

This is excellent news that they are doing this for FRC. Having a plug-in IMU will really help teams get started with more advanced navigation.

We use (and are happy with) ADI parts in my day job, so I am already a fan.

Ty

[rsisk]

Thank you to Analog Devices!

[slibert]

Congratulations on the development/release of these products!

And kudos to National Instruments for creating the MXP port, which is really helping accelerate these advancements.

I am personally very pleased to see that FRC students now have several IMUs readily available for use on their robots.

All the best.

[ChuckDickerson]

FIRST Choice lists a quantity of 350 of the ADIS16448 IMU MXP units available. Will these be available for purchase if we don't win the FIRST Choice lottery and if so how much and where do we buy them?

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by ChuckDickerson

FIRST Choice lists a quantity of 350 of the ADIS16448 IMU MXP units available. Will these be available for purchase if we don't win the FIRST Choice lottery and if so how much and where do we buy them?

This reads like every FIRST Choice order gets the sensor, then there are 350 additional sensors if you want a spare.

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

This reads like every FIRST Choice order gets the sensor, then there are 350 additional sensors if you want a spare.

The way I interpret it every team get one FRC Gyro & Accelerometer Board but the MXP IMU there are only 350 of. It seems to be 2 different things. I may be entirely mistaken though.

[juchong]

Originally Posted by ChuckDickerson

The way I interpret it every team get one FRC Gyro & Accelerometer Board but the MXP IMU there are only 350 of. It seems to be 2 different things. I may be entirely mistaken though.

You're correct Chuck. Unfortunately, we were only able to coordinate a donation of 350 IMU boards, but every team will receive a "Gyro & Accel Board" with their 2nd round First Choice order!

[btcshields6]

Unfortunately, we didn't hear of this soon enough to adjust our FIRST choice order. If there are leftover ADIS16448s, will they be available for cash purchase? We've used all of our credits...

[CardcaptorRLH85]

Is there any information anywhere concerning which SPI port the Accelerometer and Gyro use? I know from the RoboRIO documentation that there are four total and I know that the board just uses CS0 and CS1 but which is which?

[Peter Johnson]

Originally Posted by CardcaptorRLH85

Is there any information anywhere concerning which SPI port the Accelerometer and Gyro use? I know from the RoboRIO documentation that there are four total and I know that the board just uses CS0 and CS1 but which is which?

The default constructors in wpilib use the correct ports. The ADXL362 accelerometer is on CS1, the ADXRS450 gyro is on CS0.

For more details, the full board schematics are here: https://github.com/juchong/FRC-Gyro-...RevB%20SCH.pdf

[CardcaptorRLH85]

Originally Posted by Peter Johnson

The default constructors in wpilib use the correct ports. The ADXL362 accelerometer is on CS1, the ADXRS450 gyro is on CS0.

For more details, the full board schematics are here: https://github.com/juchong/FRC-Gyro-...RevB%20SCH.pdf

Thanks! I was looking for a document like that but, I couldn't find it.

[Bryscus]

These are both pretty cool! The FRC Gyro & Accel board is working pretty well for our needs so far.

Any idea where one could buy a spare or two? Thanks.

- Bryce