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RX2635H using the ITG-3205 mems gyro

Sunday, April 12, 2015

ITG3205_axis.png One of the important parts of a quadcopter controller is a gyro. The RX2635H uses an ITG-3205 from INVENSENSE. Accessing it is very simple as it uses the I2C interface (Two Wire Interface - TWI on the XMEGA) to read the X, Y and Z values of the gyro.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Now that it’s possible to write custom firmware for a Walkera Hoten-X RX2635H-D receiver it’s time to try to access the various components on the ATMEL XMEGA32A4 based receiver board. First thing was to blink a LED which was quite simple. But for easier development there must first be a more user friendly way interact with the board. Fortunately there is a serial port available. It is normally used to upload new firmware and as additional channel for controlling e.g. a camera in the original Walkera firmware.

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