IMU / Accelerometer orientation?

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GTIspirit
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IMU / Accelerometer orientation?

Post by GTIspirit »

What is the default IMU / Accelerometer orientation?

So if the RC Track Mk2 is mounted in vehicle with CAN / OBDII port facing foward (so the logo lettering is "normal")
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Which direction is +X, +Y, and +Z? Did we get back to the industry standard SAE J670 convention?
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream ... sequence=4
Where:
+X is forwards
+Y is to the right
+Z is down

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Post by brentp »

Normal orientation is with the connectors facing forward. We have that covered in the wiki:

https://wiki.autosportlabs.com/RaceCapt ... 2#Mounting

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