IMU Filter
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چکیده
Despite the ubiquitousness of GPS devices, on board inertial navigation remains important. An IMU like the Sparkfun Ultimate IMU used, contains all the necessary sensors for inertial navigation. These sensors, particularly gyroscopes, are subject to error. An algorithm combining different modalities (acceleration, rotation, and the earth’s magnetic field) to filter this error is developed. The possibility of parallelising the algorithm for implementation on a Field Programmable Gate Array is explored.
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