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MPU-6050 Six-Axis (Gyro + Accelerometer) Driver
v2 of this usermod enables connection of a MPU-6050 IMU sensor to work with effects controlled by the orientation or motion of the WLED Device.
The MPU6050 has a built in "Digital Motion Processor" which does the "heavy lifting" integrating the gyro and accelerometer measurements to get potentially more useful gravity vector and orientation output.
It is fairly straightforward to comment out variables being read from the device if they're not needed. Saves CPU/Memory/Bandwidth.
Story:
As a memento to a long trip I was on, I built an icosahedron globe. I put lights inside to indicate cities I travelled to.
I wanted to integrate an IMU to allow either on-board, or off-board effects that would react to the globes orientation. See the blog post on building it https://www.robopenguins.com/icosahedron-travel-globe/ or a video demo https://youtu.be/zYjybxHBsHM .
Adding Dependencies
I2Cdev and MPU6050 must be installed.
To install them, add I2Cdevlib-MPU6050@fbde122cc5 to lib_deps in the platformio.ini file.
You also need to change lib_compat_mode from strict to soft in platformio.ini (This ignores that I2Cdevlib-MPU6050 doesn't list platform compatibility)
For example:
lib_compat_mode = soft
lib_deps =
FastLED@3.3.2
NeoPixelBus@2.5.7
ESPAsyncTCP@1.2.0
ESPAsyncUDP@697c75a025
AsyncTCP@1.0.3
Esp Async WebServer@1.2.0
IRremoteESP8266@2.7.3
jrowberg/I2Cdevlib-MPU6050@^1.0.0
Wiring
The connections needed to the MPU6050 are as follows:
VCC VU (5V USB) Not available on all boards so use 3.3V if needed.
GND G Ground
SCL D1 (GPIO05) I2C clock
SDA D2 (GPIO04) I2C data
XDA not connected
XCL not connected
AD0 not connected
INT D8 (GPIO15) Interrupt pin
You could probably modify the code not to need an interrupt, but I used the setup directly from the example.
JSON API
This code adds:
"u":{
"IMU":{
"Quat": [w, x, y, z],
"Euler": [psi, theta, phi],
"Gyro": [x, y, z],
"Accel": [x, y, z],
"RealAccel": [x, y, z],
"WorldAccel": [x, y, z],
"Gravity": [x, y, z],
"Orientation": [yaw, pitch, roll]
}
}
to the info object
Usermod installation
- Copy the file
usermod_mpu6050_imu.h
to thewled00
directory. - Register the usermod by adding
#include "usermod_mpu6050_imu.h"
in the top andregisterUsermod(new MPU6050Driver());
in the bottom ofusermods_list.cpp
.
Example usermods_list.cpp:
#include "wled.h"
#include "usermod_mpu6050_imu.h"
void registerUsermods()
{
usermods.add(new MPU6050Driver());
}