Sensaris debuts six-axis MoveIt Bluetooth motion sensor
By Donald Melanson 
posted Oct 20th 2009 4:48AM
posted Oct 20th 2009 4:48AM
Sensaris isn't exactly doing itself any favors with its FCC-style photography, but the company's new MoveIt Bluetooth motion sensor does look to be a fairly interesting little device, even if it's not quite as convenient as an accelerometer built into your phone. Of course, you do also get quite a few more features for that added bulk, including a 3-axis accelerometer, a 3-axis gyroscope, GPS, and dedicated microSD card slot -- not to mention some built-in Bluetooth to let you use it with a variety of phones and other devices. What's more, while the device isn't commercially available just yet, Sensaris does seem to see plenty of potential for different applications, and it's even touting some "Lego-like modularity" that promises to let it be tailored for specific uses -- including everything from exercise to augmented reality.
What a piece of shit in a already well established market.
https://www.vectornav.com/products/74-vn-100
Yawn.
It communicates with bluetooth, so no wires and lots of devices available to use it.
six-axis?
1) x
2) y
3) z
4) time
5) ?
6) ?
> Six axis?...
Translation and rotation about the three coordinate axes.
It would be interesting to take this up in a plane and have a laptop or equivalent display what it thinks is the motion. I wonder if there is a disclaimer saying "Not for aviation use" or something.
Motion sensors only work with respect to an inertial reference frame. If the plane isn't accelerating, then only the relative velocity of the motion sensor matters.
In any case, they got GPS trackers and pitot-static tubes "for aviation use". That's far superior to whatever this thing can do.
The video is cool.
http://www.vectornav.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83
Please don't forget your parallel independent axis'. U V W