VectorNav Technologies VN-100 Rugged IMU/AHRS

Continuous attitude solution over the complete 360° range of operation
VectorNav Processing Engine (VPE) 2.0 for disturbance rejection, adaptive filtering, dynamic filter tuning
Inputs for external magnetometers or velocity measurements (Airspeed, GPS)
Hard/Soft Iron Compensation
On-board World Magnetic and Gravity Reference Models
Solid-State MEMS inertial sensors
Available with standard (@ 25°C) or full temperature compensation (-40°C to 85 °C)
All sensors are individually calibrated for bias, scale factor, misalignment, and temperature over full operating range (-40°C to 85 °C)
Up to 1 kHz IMU Data
400 Hz attitude data - Yaw/Pitch/Roll
Coning and sculling integrals (ΔV’s, Δθ’s)
Data output format: ASCII (VectorNav), Binary (VectorNav)
VectorNav Control Center freely available for easy setup, configuration and logging
ITAR-Free

Year of initial development

2011
System components

Accelerometer(s), Gyroscope(s), Magnetometer(s), Temperature sensor, Pressure sensor
Height [mm]

9
Width [mm]

36
Length [mm]

33
Weight [gr]

15

Max. rotation speed [deg/s]

2000
Interfaces

RS-322, USB
Other interfaces and additional information

Serial TTL
Output data formats

Euler Angles, Quaternion, Gyro, Accel, Magnetometer, Temperature, Heading, Pitch, Roll
Output frequency [ Hz ]

1000
Interface types

Digital
Date Rate

400 Hz

Distinguishable features

SWaP-C optimized, surface mount design, calibrated over temperature, inputs for external magnetometers or velocity measurements, onboard gyro drift compensation
Application

Autopilots, Mapping, Antenna Pointing, Heavy Machinery Monitoring, Robotics