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6DOF IMU 10 Click with Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF

Published Sep 16, 2023

Click board™

6DOF IMU 10 Click

Dev. board

Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF

Compiler

NECTO Studio

MCU

PIC32MZ2048EFM100

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Hardware Overview

How does it work?

6DOF IMU 10 Click is based on the KMX62-1031, a 6 Degrees-of-Freedom inertial sensor from Rohm Semiconductor. It is based on the principle of a differential capacitance arising from accelerationinduced motion of the sense element, which utilizes common mode cancellation to decrease errors from process variation, temperature, and environmental stress. Capacitance changes are amplified and converted into digital signals which are processed by a dedicated digital signal processing unit. The digital signal processor applies filtering, bias, and sensitivity adjustments, as well as temperature compensation. Magnetic sensing is based on the principle of magnetic impedance. The magnetic sensor detects very small magnetic fields by passing an electric pulse through a special electron spin aligned amorphous wire. Due to the high Curie temperature of the wire, the sensor’s thermal performance shows excellent stability.

Noise performance is excellent with bias stability over temperature. Bias errors resulting from assembly can be trimmed digitally by the user. These sensors can accept supply voltages between 1.7V and 3.6V, and digital communication voltages between 1.2V and 3.6V. The Kionix KMX62 digital sensor can communicate on the I2C digital serial interface bus. This flexibility allows for easy system integration by eliminating analog-to-digital converter requirements and by providing direct communication with system processors. The I2C interface is compliant with high-speed mode, fast mode, and standard mode I2C protocols. As previously mentioned, the KMX62 can communicate on an I2C bus. I2C is primarily used for synchronous serial communication between a Master device and one or more Slave devices. The system Master provides the serial clock signal and addresses Slave devices on the bus. The KMX62 always operates as a Slave device

during standard Master-Slave I2C operation. I2C is a two-wire serial interface that contains a Serial Clock (SCL) line and a Serial Data (SDA) line. SCL is a serial clock that is provided by the Master, but can be held LOW by any Slave device, putting the Master into a wait condition. SDA is a bi-directional line used to transmit and receive data to and from the interface. Data is transmitted MSB (Most Significant Bit) first in 8-bit per byte format, and the number of bytes transmitted per transfer is unlimited. The I2C bus is considered free when both lines are HIGH. This Click board™ can be operated only with a 3.3V logic voltage level. The board must perform appropriate logic voltage level conversion before using MCUs with different logic levels. Also, it comes equipped with a library containing functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.

6DOF IMU 10 Click top side image
6DOF IMU 10 Click bottom side image

Features overview

Development board

Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF development board is a fully integrated 32-bit development platform featuring the high-performance PIC32MZ EF Series (PIC32MZ2048EFM) that has a 2MB Flash, 512KB RAM, integrated FPU, Crypto accelerator, and excellent connectivity options. It includes an integrated programmer and debugger, requiring no additional hardware. Users can expand

functionality through MIKROE mikroBUS™ Click™ adapter boards, add Ethernet connectivity with the Microchip PHY daughter board, add WiFi connectivity capability using the Microchip expansions boards, and add audio input and output capability with Microchip audio daughter boards. These boards are fully integrated into PIC32’s powerful software framework, MPLAB Harmony,

which provides a flexible and modular interface to application development a rich set of inter-operable software stacks (TCP-IP, USB), and easy-to-use features. The Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF development board offers expansion capabilities making it an excellent choice for a rapid prototyping board in Connectivity, IOT, and general-purpose applications.

Curiosity PIC32MZ EF double side image

Microcontroller Overview

MCU Card / MCU

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Architecture

PIC32

MCU Memory (KB)

2048

Silicon Vendor

Microchip

Pin count

100

RAM (Bytes)

524288

Used MCU Pins

mikroBUS™ mapper

NC
NC
AN
General-Purpose I/O
RA9
RST
NC
NC
CS
NC
NC
SCK
NC
NC
MISO
NC
NC
MOSI
Power Supply
3.3V
3.3V
Ground
GND
GND
General-Purpose I/O
RPE8
PWM
NC
NC
INT
NC
NC
TX
NC
NC
RX
I2C Clock
RPA14
SCL
I2C Data
RPA15
SDA
NC
NC
5V
Ground
GND
GND
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Take a closer look

Click board™ Schematic

6DOF IMU 10 Click Schematic schematic

Step by step

Project assembly

Curiosity PIC32MZ EF front image hardware assembly

Start by selecting your development board and Click board™. Begin with the Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF as your development board.

Curiosity PIC32MZ EF front image hardware assembly
GNSS2 Click front image hardware assembly
Prog-cut hardware assembly
Board mapper by product7 hardware assembly
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Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF MCU Step hardware assembly
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Software Support

Library Description

This library contains API for 6DOF IMU 10 Click driver.

Key functions:

  • c6dofimu10_get_accel_axis - This function gets accelerometer axis data

  • c6dofimu10_get_mag_axis - This function gets magnetometer axis data.

  • c6dofimu10_get_temperature - This function gets temperature data.

Open Source

Code example

The complete application code and a ready-to-use project are available through the NECTO Studio Package Manager for direct installation in the NECTO Studio. The application code can also be found on the MIKROE GitHub account.

/*!
 * \file 
 * \brief c6DofImu10 Click example
 * 
 * # Description
 * This app reads the accelerometer and magnetometer axis data.
 *
 * The demo application is composed of two sections :
 * 
 * ## Application Init 
 * Initializes device and runs a communication test that reads 
 * device id (registry Who_I_AM).
 * 
 * ## Application Task  
 * Reads the accelerometer and magnetometer axis data.
 * And reads temperature values. All data logs on the USBUART.
 * 
 * \author MikroE Team
 *
 */
// ------------------------------------------------------------------- INCLUDES

#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "c6dofimu10.h"

// ------------------------------------------------------------------ VARIABLES

static c6dofimu10_t c6dofimu10;
static log_t logger;

// ------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

void app_display_axis_data ( c6dofimu10_axis_t *axis )
{
    log_printf( &logger, "* X: %d \r\n", axis->x );

    log_printf( &logger, "* Y: %d \r\n", axis->y );

    log_printf( &logger, "* Z: %d \r\n", axis->z );

    log_printf( &logger, "------------------------\r\n" );
}

void app_display_temp_data ( float temp )
{
    log_printf( &logger, "* Temperature:  %.2f C\r\n", temp );
    log_printf( &logger, "------------------------\r\n" );
}

// ------------------------------------------------------ APPLICATION FUNCTIONS

void application_init ( void )
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;
    c6dofimu10_cfg_t cfg;
    uint8_t com_test;

    /** 
     * Logger initialization.
     * Default baud rate: 115200
     * Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
     * @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX 
     * are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will 
     * need to define them manually for log to work. 
     * See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
     */
    LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
    log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
    log_info( &logger, "---- Application Init ----" );

    //  Click initialization.

    c6dofimu10_cfg_setup( &cfg );
    c6DOFIMU10_MAP_MIKROBUS( cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    c6dofimu10_init( &c6dofimu10, &cfg );

    // TEST COMMUNICATION
    com_test = c6dofimu10_communication_test( &c6dofimu10 );
    if ( com_test != C6DOFIMU10_DEVICE_OK )
    {
        log_printf( &logger, "-- Device communication ERROR --\r\n" );
        for( ; ; );
    }
    log_printf( &logger, "-- Device communication OK --\r\n" );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    
    c6dofimu10_default_cfg ( &c6dofimu10 );
    log_printf( &logger, "-- Device configuration --\r\n" );
    Delay_ms ( 500 );
}

void application_task ( void )
{
    c6dofimu10_axis_t accel_axis;
    c6dofimu10_axis_t mag_axis;
    float temperature;

    c6dofimu10_get_accel_axis ( &c6dofimu10, &accel_axis );
    c6dofimu10_get_mag_axis ( &c6dofimu10, &mag_axis );
    temperature = c6dofimu10_get_temperature( &c6dofimu10, C6DOFIMU10_TEMP_FORMAT_CELSIUS );

    log_printf( &logger, "-- Accelerometer axis --\r\n" );
    app_display_axis_data( &accel_axis );

    log_printf( &logger, "-- Magnetometer axis --\r\n" );
    app_display_axis_data( &mag_axis );

    log_printf( &logger, "-- Temperature data --\r\n" );
    app_display_temp_data( temperature );
    log_printf( &logger, "***************************************************************************************\r\n" );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
}

int main ( void ) 
{
    /* Do not remove this line or clock might not be set correctly. */
    #ifdef PREINIT_SUPPORTED
    preinit();
    #endif
    
    application_init( );
    
    for ( ; ; ) 
    {
        application_task( );
    }

    return 0;
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END

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