Making the Mag3 IMU Wireless

Too hard of a question???

What planet are you from?

Apparnetly no one here knows what a 'Mag3 Inertial Measurement Unit' is, or cares for that matter.

So what's the problem? I see this as a great way for an aerobatics flyer to get a log of his flight for later scutiny. One should be able to review all sorts of things post flight to help improve their flying. I would be interested in any sort of flight data recorder that provides either transmitted or recorded data of what my aircraft is doing in 3d space.

-Rob-

Sounds like a cool project but way over my head. I suspect you would have to coordinate with the manufacturer of the Mag3 to find out if they have a way to make it transmit. Who know, could be a market niche for them and they might help you out so you could test it. I can think of a LOT of reasons to have it transmit to a remote location....not just aircraft usage.

Doug,

Thanks for the reply.

A Mag3 Inertial Measurement Unit is a device recently created by Memsense that can monitor accelerations and rotations. It is very small less than 1in by 1in, I believe. I provided a link to the Mag3 datasheet in case someone was interested in exactly what it was

An IMU doesn't have to do anything with autonomous flight. It can report real-time statistics about acceleration, and that is why I want to make it wireless.

Can you suggest a better place for me to ask this question?

Matt.

Jeboba,

I contacted the manufacturer of the Mag3 and they didn't have any answers for me, except that they were creating a product that would be wireless but it wouldn't be available until 2005. Maybe I'll follow up with them and see if they need a tester. Thanks for replying.

Matt

Thanks for the vote of confidence Rob. I am really committed to figuring this out.

Matt

Matt,

Look as if I had it backwards. Should be an interesting project.

I hope that you are able to find the answers that you are looking for.

Doug

Let us know if you have any success. It sounds like an interesting project!