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Remote located imu - christin - 2023-07-03
I have my Pypilot installed in my under my console table in cockpit. It is a built in console with wires and cables. Pypilot works ok most of the time except if I set something like a phone on the tabletop to close to the Pypilot head. I like the location since it is protected from water but I can lift the table top up to access the pi. I would like to know what would be needed to move the imu to a remote location away from wire and metal. I would be locating it about 6 feet away. I have a Pypilot from Sean.
RE: Remote located imu - abrax5 - 2023-07-08
According to this post 6 feet might be working for the I2C bus:
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/106265/maximum-i2c-bus-length
In Andreas' guide he uses a I2C extender chip:
https://github.com/AndreasW29/pypilot-tinypilot-mysolution-infos/blob/main/guide/schematics/pypilotIMUcircuit.pdf
https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/p82b715.pdf
With that, you would be able to extend the cable further.
RE: Remote located imu - PaddyB - 2023-07-08
I did this which seems to have worked. https://forum.openmarine.net/showthread.php?tid=3540&pid=25584#pid25584