PiicoDev Motion Sensor MPU-6050 | Raspberry Pi Pico Guide

[@giorgiolelmi8175]

I just bought it after watching this video with a shipping price higher than the sensor itself 😂

[@jyvben1520]

a very good explanation/demo, thanks

[@Core-Electronics]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@raisagorbachov]

Very interesting. I want to use it for rotation with a model aircraft so that the aircraft can stay in level flight, climb and turn as required.

[@alee-j8q]

I love this channel. Thanks!!!!

[@karljansky9576]

Very nice, very clear demo. Is there another device that includes 3 axis plus magnetic compass, too? I also need only average angles over periods of a few seconds. We could average, but is there a better filter? Thanks for your efforts!

[@dafelix]

So my idea is to use this as a head tracker for PC games. How can I do it? You really should make a tutorial on it, it will get millions of views.

[@TzOk]

Do you know any library, which would return the acceleration without the gravity component?

[@susmitagoswami9928]

Hey Hi. Nice tutorial. Can you please let me know how you are plotting? because I am trying to plot the raw sensor data of MPU6050 through Pico. Any hint related to plotting will be much helpful.

[@fashiarif4687]

can you do it with simple mpu 6050 please

[@dragonoha]

Hi! Stumbled upon this nice tutorial while doing a small project while being a total newbie to electronics with a programming background. Is it possible to connect the raspberry pi pico directly to the motion sensor, without the expansion board? Cheers!

[@Core-Electronics]

You certainly can! We have a cable that will allow you to freestyle the connections; with a PiicoDev connector on one end and four female headers on the other. SKU: CE07958

[@arunkarkare]

Hi. The video clip is very very nice and explains the acceleration and angular momentum clearly, however I am looking for a sensor to measure the absolute distance traveled in X, Y, Z direction. Is that possible with the 6050 (or any other) sensor please ?

[@Core-Electronics]

What you're referring to is "dead reckoning" which is really hard/expensive to do with an Inertial Measurement Unit. For example, military aircraft and ships often use a "laser gyro-compass" for this purpose - suffice to say that's a bit out of reach for most hobbyists.

[@raisagorbachov]

For that I would suggest adding a GPS sensor. Either that or using standard velocity in the calculation.

[@ЄгорЯкуш]

Can't find where an I2C channel was selected !?

[@Core-Electronics]

The Pins (SDA:8, SCL:9)are predefined when using a Pico. Check the github for documentation if you want to select the pins explicitly.

[@ЄгорЯкуш]

@@Core-Electronics 👍 Thanks.

[@zyroxiot9417]

Thanks, 🤝🏼🇧🇷

[@chirots]

Where did you get these number # Pre-defined ranges _ACC_RNG_2G = 0x00 _ACC_RNG_4G = 0x08 _ACC_RNG_8G = 0x10 _ACC_RNG_16G = 0x18 _GYR_RNG_250DEG = 0x00 _GYR_RNG_500DEG = 0x08 _GYR_RNG_1000DEG = 0x10 _GYR_RNG_2000DEG = 0x18

[@John-cc6zb]

How do I use these raw data to calculate the tilt angle?

[@Core-Electronics]

There's a new read_angle() function documented here: github.com/CoreElectronics/CE-PiicoDev-MPU6050-MicroPython-Module If you need to read angle in more than one axis, we can help out on our forums: forum.core-electronics.com.au/

[@ashutoshrevankar5564]

The full guide link is not working

[@Core-Electronics]

Try this! core-electronics.com.au/guides/piicodev-motion-sensor-mpu-6050-raspberry-pi-pico-guide/

[@ifsixwasnine0]

can i make a steering wheel out of this?

[@Core-Electronics]

You could definitely build a motion controlled steering wheel similar to other accelerometer based controllers like the Wii or Switch, not sure of it's efficacy on the road though. 😅 Would love to see it if you build one.

[@safakfahrac1524]

hi, i ran your codes and i faced such a problem; Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 5, in File "PiicoDev_MPU6050.py", line 80, in __init__ File "PiicoDev_MPU6050.py", line 125, in get_accel_range OSError: [Errno 5] EIO What do you think is the problem?

[@Core-Electronics]

Hi! We handle tech support over at forum.core-electronics.com.au/ - Head over and open a thread, some pictures will help troubleshooting too!