[Savannah-register-public] [task #5085] Submission of Stribog the attitude sensing platform

[D.Ineiev]

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                 Summary: Submission of Stribog the attitude sensing platform
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: ineiev
            Submitted on: Fri 12/30/05 at 07:10
         Should Start On: Fri 12/30/05 at 00:00
   Should be Finished on: Mon 01/09/06 at 00:00
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                  Effort: 0.00

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Full Name:
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  Stribog the attitude sensing platform

System Group Name:
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  stribog

Type:
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  non-GNU software & documentation

License:
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  GNU General Public License V2 or later

Description:
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  The project will implement a platform for measuring user orientation
relative to sides of world: azimuth, pitch and roll. the hardware will
include a magnetoresistive compass, tilt sensor based on accelerometer ICs
and a microcontroller to manage all.

I have not any code to show yet. it will come after the board is designed.

The project will consist of hardware and software sections, both under the
GPL.

The hardware section will include all information needed for reproducing the
system, i.e. schematics, boards layout in the form that most board
manufacturers accept and so on. this will be implemented using GPLd packages
gEDA (http://www.geda.seul.org/) and pcb
(https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcb). this section is not software in usual
sense, but it quite fits the definition of program given in the GPL.

The hardware will be based on Honeywell magnetoresistive sensors, the most
precise relatively low-cost magnetic sensors, Analog Devices MMIC
accelerometers and probably Analog Devices angular rate sensors. the
microcontroller will be a Philips ARM-based LPC2138. all these are expected
to show about 1-degree precision.

It is also desirable to provide possibility to connect the platform with some
GPS sensor.

The software will include uC program, which should solve necessary navigation
tasks, and utilities to connect GNU/Linux PC host with the board. it possibly
will use some port of embedded OS like uCLinux or eCos, but most likely it
will run without any OS. 
it will be written in C and translated with GNU tools (maybe the
http://www.gnuarm.com/ distribution).

Other Software Required:
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  gnu tools for ARM microcontrollers (http://www.gnuarm.com/)

gEDA (http://www.geda.seul.org/)

pcb (https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcb)








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