AZ10

  • Overview
  • Specifications
  • Documentation
  • Evaluation Kit

Azimuth™ AZ10 miniature Electronic Compass system (e-compass) is a highly sophisticated system measuring a rigid body’s heading angle and static pitch / roll angles.  It consists of a set of magnetic sensors, accelerometers and gyroscopes, all based on the state of of MEMS technology (MEMS: Micro Electro Mechanical System).  The system is running an embedded soft iron & hard iron real time auto-calibration algorithm so that an accurate heading information can always be obtained, no matter how the environment is interfered with external magnetic fields.

Furthermore, a sensor fusion software based on Senlution’s proprietary EKF algorithm (EKF: Enhanced Kalman Filter) is also embedded, so that the system will maintain its correct heading output even when an abrupt external magnetic interference is suddenly at present.  This feature has solved a long existed drawback for the e-compass system, which is susceptible to magnetic field perturbation.  Meanwhile, the traditional e-compass system has long suffered from another issue, which is that the installation would introduce extra magnetic field interference so that the original out-of-factory calibration can’t be kept accurate.  To counter this problem, AZ-10 series has furnished the user with a simple procedure to re-calibrate the system after the installation, which includes both soft and hard iron compensation algorithms.  The heading could be aligned with the magnetic north or any other type of references the user chooses.  
 
Azimuth™ AZ10 is suitable for applications ranging from aeronautics, aerospace , surface vessels, ground vehicles to other military or civil adaptations where high yaw accuracy is required but size, power budget is also limited.
 

 

 

 
 

Technical Documentations

　     　 　
  AZ10 Prodct Date Sheet    
         
         

Senlution offers a complete evaluation kit for Azimuth called MCES (MotionCore Evaluation Suite).

A set of MCES (MotionCore Evaluation Suite) includes:

One cable, from ODU 9Pin Connector to RS232/RS485, by which the user can directly connect Azimuth to a computer;

One CD-ROM, with Senlution NAV Manager, a Microsoft Windows based PC software which displays, analyzes and log all data;

One user manual

With MCES, developer for DynaCube is able to quickly grasp all aspects of its performance, which will assist developer to explore the possibilities of incorporating DynaCube in the user's main system.

 

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