STEVAL-MKI062V2 STMicroelectronics, STEVAL-MKI062V2 Datasheet

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... Getting started with the iNEMO™ STEVAL-MKI062V2 Introduction The STEVAL-MKI062V2 is the second generation of the iNEMO modules family. It combines accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers with pressure and temperature sensors to provide 3-axis sensing of linear, angular, and magnetic motion, complemented with temperature and barometer/altitude readings, representing the new ST 10-degrees of freedom (DOF) platform ...

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Contents Contents 1 iNEMO V2 GUI installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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... UM1010 List of figures Figure 1. STEVAL-MKI06V2 iNEMO V2 platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. STEVAL-MKI062V2 notification icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Figure 3. Manual installation of the STEVAL-MKI062V2 driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Figure 4. iNEMO driver installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Figure 5. How to see the STEVAL-MKI062V2 COM port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Figure 6. Kit selector window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 7. iNEMO Suite main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 8. Selected COM port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 9 ...

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... To install the virtual COM driver, plug the iNEMO board into a free USB port, an icon should appear in the “Notify Bar” and follow the instructions in Figure 2. STEVAL-MKI062V2 notification icon Note: If, after a few seconds, the “Hardware Update Wizard” doesn`t appear, follow the instructions given in 4/18 ® ...

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... UM1010 Figure 3. Manual installation of the STEVAL-MKI062V2 driver Doc ID 18054 Rev 1 iNEMO V2 GUI installation 5/18 ...

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V2 GUI installation Figure 4. iNEMO driver installation Once the installation has finished, a COM port number is assigned to the ST virtual COM driver (Figure 5). Knowledge of this number is required to correctly run the iNEMO GUI. ...

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... UM1010 Figure 5. How to see the STEVAL-MKI062V2 COM port number Doc ID 18054 Rev 1 iNEMO V2 GUI installation 7/18 ...

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... The iNEMO suite application is based on the software development kit (SDK) iNEMO_SDK.dll (for STEVAL-MKI062V1) and iNEMO2_SDK.dll (for STEVAL-MKI062V2). Only for the STEVAL-MKI062V2 is the iNEMO suite application also a TCP/IP server for external/remote demo applications; when the server starts, in the log bar a message shows the availability of the server ...

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UM1010 Figure 6. Kit selector window 2.1 iNEMO suite main window The main window is made up of the following main sections 1. Sensor selector, where the user can move to a different sensor data view 2. Toolbar for data ...

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Figure 7. iNEMO Suite main window 2.2 Connecting iNEMO Before starting the acquisition necessary to open the connection between the iNEMO and the PC preferable to connect the iNEMO board to a free USB ...

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UM1010 Figure 9. New data file icon When the correct COM number is set, click on the connect icon to open the communication and, in the log window, a connection message appears Figure 10. How to open the connection (Figure ...

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Acquisition settings Before starting the acquisition it is possible to modify the acquisition setting ● Acquisition mode: – Normal: only the sensor data is acquired – AHRS: this feature enables the attitude heading reference system algorithm based ...

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UM1010 Figure 12. Data icon description 2.5 AHRS algorithm starting and settings When the AHRS algorithm is enabled (see executes the extended Kalman filter to retrieve information about the board orientation starting from acceleration, angular rate, and magnetic field data. ...

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... The “iNEMO 3D Cube Demo” external client application, connecting this demo to the server also possible to start the application from the system menu Start/Programs/STMicroelectronics/iNEMO Suite/Demos/3D Cube Demo/ or launch from a console with the command “iNEMO 3D Cube Demo.exe IP=xxx.yyy.www.zzz, PORT=31001”, where xxx.yyy.www.zzz is the IP address where the server runs. ...

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UM1010 The application can also be run from a remote PC which is in the same network as the server. More than one instance of the application can run on the same PC or remotely, it depends on the network ...

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Figure 15. Alignment procedure 16/18 Doc ID 18054 Rev 1 UM1010 ...

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UM1010 3 Revision history Table 1. Document revision history Date 11-Oct-2010 Revision 1 Initial release. Doc ID 18054 Rev 1 Revision history Changes 17/18 ...

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