Connecting IMUKit and PC over USB/Serial port

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IMUKit Animation

Dear friends,

I have an IMUKit that has 6D DOF gyro&accelometer sensor kit.
Please check **broken link removed**

I would like to connect IMUKit and PC over USB or Serial Port and debug it. Is there any animation programs on PC that animates the movements of kit? Or they are dependent kit by kit.
What's the way of doing my purpose? Any suggestions are appriciated.

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Ilgaz
 

Re: IMUKit Animation

Hi Ilgaz,

Since outputs of IMUKit are analog. you'll need additional hardware to digitize the analog inputs and present them to PC. There's a couple of alternative routes you could take:

* add microcontroller that has A/D channels on one end, USB or UART on the oother end.
* add a USB data acquisition (DAQ) device. I usually use USB-6008 made by National Instruments. There are many others.

Consider also Bluetooth as another option in addition to USB and RS232.

- Nick

P.S. Here's another good place to ask sensor-related questions: **broken link removed**
 

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