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MPU6050 Accelerometer Gyro Temperature

How to add the MPU6050 Accelerometer Gyro Temperature robot skill

  1. Load the most recent release of ARC (Get ARC).
  2. Press the Project tab from the top menu bar in ARC.
  3. Press Add Robot Skill from the button ribbon bar in ARC.
  4. Choose the I2C category tab.
  5. Press the MPU6050 Accelerometer Gyro Temperature icon to add the robot skill to your project.

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Follow the Getting Started Guide to build a robot and use the MPU6050 Accelerometer Gyro Temperature robot skill.

How to use the MPU6050 Accelerometer Gyro Temperature robot skill

The MPU6050 EZ-Bit module is an all-in-one Gyro/Accelerometer/Temperature sensor over an i2c connection. This ARC control will read data from the sensor and set EZ-Script Variables, respectively. The control will require an Initialization (INIT) before the sensor will return data. If the sensor is not connected, the EZ-B v4 will lock up. This control will not read data automatically. We have provided a ControlCommand() for querying the device and setting the variables. Each time you wish to receive data from the MPU6050, you must ask the control to RUN ONCE with ControlCommand().

Here is an example code for looping every 100 milliseconds to request data from the MPU6050. The data from the MPU6050 will be stored in EZ-Script Variables. You may press the CONFIG button on the control to see what variables are being set with data. Ensure you have an MPU6050 ARC control added and an MPU6050 connected to the i2c of the EZ-B, and paste this code into an EZ-Script control. When this script runs, the MPU6050 will continually update the specified variables with data every 100ms... Check the Variable Watcher to view the data from the sensor.
ControlCommand("MPU6050", Init)

:loop

ControlCommand("MPU6050", RunOnce)
  
sleep(100)

goto(loop)


In this video below, I am using the JD project with MPU. The project can be found on the EZ-Cloud as JD With MPU6050 Accelerometer.

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#32  
I'm glad I was able to help. There's a ton of good examples and projects to download and look through. Doing this really helped me learn how ARC works and gave me ideas on how to write scripts and set up my project. Have fun!!
#33  
Question can we also add offsets to the MPU skill so it can be calibrated like you can in the Arduino code? See Below:

Code:

 // supply your own gyro offsets here, scaled for min sensitivity
mpu.setXGyroOffset(17);
mpu.setYGyroOffset(-69);
mpu.setZGyroOffset(27);
mpu.setZAccelOffset(1551); // 1688 factory default for my test chip

I have used this to help adjust the MPU in Arduino code using the MPU6050_6Axis_MotionApps20.h lib.

This would allow you to zero/calibrate the gyro. That has been used within your project as every MPU6050 is not the same.
PRO
Synthiam
#34  
You can modify the arduino code to do that. Or you can modify the values in ARC. You can do this with math functions, such as a + (addition) or - (subtraction)

For example, if you have a variable $AccelX, you can add to it by doing this.

$AccelX = $AccelX + 2

That will add the value of 2 to the previous value in the variable.
#35  
I agree a DJ that can be done but it would be nice to set it and forget it so to speak.  You know work smarter not harder LOL
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Synthiam
#36   — Edited
I understand - it's a lot of resources (costly) to have programmers spend a workday modifying a robot skill so it can add and subtract a number:)
#37  
@Jeremie,  Well I finally got to the point where I hooked up the MPU6050 with the pull up resistors like you said but it starts out and after a short time the red LED on the ezb4 stays on and then the ezb4 connection disconnects so now what can I do to address this?
PRO
Canada
#38  
Hello @smiller29 that means you’re getting communication lock up. Try polling the sensor slower and see if that helps or you can adjust the pull-up values. There are plenty of different MPU6050 modules out there so I can’t really say what will work exactly for you. 330 ohm pull-ups worked with my modules. 

You’re always welcome to post code and pictures if you’d like.
#39  
@Jeremie the loop has a sleep 2000 in it and does not help what do you think I should bump the pull up resistors to?
PRO
Canada
#40  
Hello again @smiller29,

When using DIY electronic modules with I2C sometimes some tinkering around needs to be done.

I really don't have a good idea of what your setup looks like. Are your I2C wires long? Which MPU-6050 module are you using? Have you tried changing the pullup resistors to a different value? Is there an LED on the MPU6050 module that tells you the 3.3V power is reaching the module? Are you powering the module with 3.3V before or after the voltage regulator?

I would try the following: shorten the wires, check your supply voltage to the module, and if all looks good then try bringing the pull-ups down to the next standard resistor value (likely 220 ohm).
#41  
@Jeremie,  thanks for the reply here is a picture of the setup.  The ezb4 is being power with 8.4 volts the MPU6050 is being powered by the 3.3V from the i2c port on the ezb4 the wire is about 17inchs long. The SDA and SCL pins have 330 resistors connected to the Vcc pin. 

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The sda pins on the ezb4 and the MPU connected together and the same goes for the scl pins. 

Is there anything else I can provide for you. 

In the skill it shows the temp but as soon as I click the int button in the skill it normally makes the red LED light up and stays on and the ezb4 disconnects from the network.
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Canada
#42  
Thanks for the photos! 2 things:

1. Your wires may be too long I would look at shortening those.

2. It looks like you used 470ohm resistors in parallel with the onboard pull-ups, I would recommend going lower (220 ohms).

It looks like we have very similar boards. Here's my setup (works solidly):

8 inch cable:

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220 ohm Pull-up resistors soldered in place of the original (2.2Kohm resistors) I believe:

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Yeah, I also powered it from the EZ-B 3.3V.

I just use the example code from above for testing:

Code:

ControlCommand("MPU6050", Init)

:loop

ControlCommand("MPU6050", RunOnce)

sleep(100)

goto(loop)
#43  
@Jeremie, I installed the 220 ohm resistors and it is working great now thanks for your help!
#44  
DJ,  Is there anyway I can get the source for this skill I would like to see if I can enhance it for my project. by making a new version that is more feature rich.  Please let me know if this is something we can do.
#46  
DJ, Thanks but it looks like I am not going to be able to do this because my Windows 11 is on an Arm64 and you can only install Visual Studio 2022 Community for ARM64.  Based on what is posted there are issues with 2022 Community version.   But thank you for providing the source code.
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Synthiam
#47  
Yeah Microsoft has a pretty big bug that they refuse to fix about that.
#48  
DJ, I am trying to understand which MPU6050 class you guys are using and what type of values that class is sending back so if you can provide any information on that class it would be a big help.  I just need to understand what type of pre processing the class is doing to the values.

The following code is from the MPU6050.cs file in the source you sent me.  Just as an FYI this skill is not returning the correct temp value.  I get a value of like 217c in the skill.

Code:

using System;
using System.Linq;

namespace EZ_B {

public class MPU6050 {

EZB _ezb;

public MPU6050(EZB ezb) {

_ezb = ezb;
}

public void Init() {

_ezb.I2C.Write(0x68, new byte[] { 0x6b, 0x00 });
}

public Classes.MPU6050Cls GetData() {

_ezb.I2C.Write(0x68, new byte[] { 0x3B });

byte [] everything = _ezb.I2C.Read(0x68, 14).Reverse().ToArray();

Classes.MPU6050Cls cls = new Classes.MPU6050Cls();

cls.AccelX = BitConverter.ToInt16(everything, 12);
cls.AccelY = BitConverter.ToInt16(everything, 10);
cls.AccelZ = BitConverter.ToInt16(everything, 8);
cls.TmpC = (BitConverter.ToUInt16(everything, 6) / 340) + 35;
cls.GyroX = BitConverter.ToInt16(everything, 4);
cls.GyroY = BitConverter.ToInt16(everything, 2);
cls.GyroZ = BitConverter.ToInt16(everything, 0);

return cls;
}
}
}
#49  
Can anyone at Synthiam in the development team provide the details about the MPU6050 class being used in this service?  Are these values YAWPITCHROLL or QUATERNION or EULER or REALACCEL or WORLDACCEL?
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Synthiam
#50   — Edited
You’re looking at the code that you pasted. There is no class. That is the class. It reads the values and assigns them to variables as you can see.

it appears from reading the code that there is 14 bytes read and they’re split into different variables that have names which explain what they are.
#51   — Edited
Thanks, DJ sorry for the stupid question.  This is just bringing back raw data from the MPU6050.