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Installation
FTC Installation
decide whether
Housing the navX2-MXP circuit board in some form of
recommended, to protect it from damage. This should both protect the circuit board from damage,
and provide strain relief for the cables that connect to the navX2-MXP circuit board.
navX2-MXP measures a total of 9 sensor axes (3 gyroscope axes, 3 accelerometer axes and 3
magnetometer axes) and fuses them into a 3-D coordinate system. In order to effectively use the values
reported by navX2-MXP, a few key concepts must be understood in order to correctly
install navX2-MXP on a robot.
3-D Coordinate System
When controlling a robot in 3 dimensions a set of 3 axes are combined into a 3-D coordinate system, as
depicted below:
In the diagram above, the green rounded arrows represent Rotational motion, and the remaining arrows
represent Linear motion.
Axis
Orientation
Left/Right
X (Pitch)
Forward/Backward
Y (Roll)
Up/Down
Z (Yaw)
More details are available on the
OmniMount
is needed.
Terminology
protective enclosure
Orientation
Linear motion
– Left / + Right
+ Forward / – Backward
+ Up / – Down
page.
is highly
Rotational Motion
+ Tilt Backwards
+ Roll Left
+ Clockwise/ – Counter-
wise
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