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IMU Connectivity Options?
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This might be a stretch but I've been using ESP32s to connect sensors via wifi to a Signalk server running on a Pi5. I'm wondering if following the same route to connect the IMU would work?

I haven't dug deep into pypilot yet, it's next on the list, but would this make sense? At what rate is pypilot looking for this sensors data? Every second, 10 times a second, more?

Excuse my ignorance if I'm way off the mark here, it's a whole new world and very interesting stuff! I'm new to all of this, and since the I2C Sensor app isn't available yet with OpenPlotter 4 I've found these ESP32's extremely handy, put sensors where ever ya like, give them some power and you're set. If I could do the same with the IMU then sweet!

Edit: I plan on using pypilot to control an existing ST4000, assuming the software end can run on the same Pi5 running OpenPlotter with the SignalK server?
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To be clear, sometimes esp32 can act also as an additional control head via wifi, but the main pypilot process will still run on a raspberry pi. This pi reads from the inertial sensors using i2c
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