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Danny Staple
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Danny Staple

Danny Staple builds robots and gadgets as a hobbyist, makes videos about his work with robots, and attends community events such as PiWars and Arduino Day. He has been a professional Python programmer, later moving into DevOps, since 2009, and a software engineer since 2000. He has worked with embedded systems, including embedded Linux systems, throughout the majority of his career. He has been a mentor at a local CoderDojo, where he taught how to code with Python. He has run Lego Robotics clubs with Mindstorms. He has also developed Bounce!, a visual programming language targeted at teaching code using the NodeMCU IoT platform. The robots he has built with his children include TankBot, SkittleBot (now the Pi Wars robot), ArmBot, and SpiderBot.
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Connecting the IMU to the robot

Installing the BNO055 requires performing a few steps. In this section, we’ll prepare the module, attach it to the robot rigidly, wire the part into the circuit, and then use some simple code to test that it is responding.

Preparing the BNO055

The BNO055 from Adafruit comes without the headers attached. You’ll need to solder the headers in, as we have done previously. Adafruit has a guide for this at https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-bno055-absolute-orientation-sensor/assembly.

For this robot, you should solder this part with the headers facing up from the component side.

Attaching the BNO055

To attach the part to the robot, see the following diagram:

Figure 12.6 – Drawing of the shelf with additional holes for the BNO055 module

You will need to attach the IMU rigidly to the robot, so the velcro pad will not be sufficient. Stand-offs will make a suitable attachment here. The preceding figure...

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Danny Staple

Danny Staple builds robots and gadgets as a hobbyist, makes videos about his work with robots, and attends community events such as PiWars and Arduino Day. He has been a professional Python programmer, later moving into DevOps, since 2009, and a software engineer since 2000. He has worked with embedded systems, including embedded Linux systems, throughout the majority of his career. He has been a mentor at a local CoderDojo, where he taught how to code with Python. He has run Lego Robotics clubs with Mindstorms. He has also developed Bounce!, a visual programming language targeted at teaching code using the NodeMCU IoT platform. The robots he has built with his children include TankBot, SkittleBot (now the Pi Wars robot), ArmBot, and SpiderBot.
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