Document MT0605P.E
© Xsens Technologies B.V.
MTi User Manual
iii
Table of Contents
1
REFERENCES
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2
INTRODUCTION
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2.1
MT
I
10-
SERIES
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2.1.1
MTi-30 AHRS
........................................................................................................................ 3
2.1.2
MTi-20 VRU
......................................................................................................................... 3
2.1.3
MTi-10 IMU
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2.2
MT
I
100-
SERIES
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2.2.1
MTi-G-700 GPS/INS
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2.2.2
MTi-300 AHRS
...................................................................................................................... 4
2.2.3
MTi-200 VRU
........................................................................................................................ 4
2.2.4
MTi-100 IMU
........................................................................................................................ 4
2.2.5
Identifying device functionality using the unique Device Identifier
............................................ 5
2.2.6
Product code
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2.3
E
VOLUTION OF
MT
I PRODUCTS
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2.4
O
VERVIEW
MT
I
D
EVELOPMENT
K
IT
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2.4.1
Contents
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2.5
I
NSTALLATION
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2.5.1
Transient accelerations
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2.5.2
Vibrations
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2.5.3
Magnetic materials and magnets
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2.6
T
YPICAL
U
SER
S
CENARIOS
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2.6.1
MT Software Suite
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2.6.2
Getting Started with the MT Manager
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2.6.3
Using the Software Development Kit (SDK)
........................................................................... 12
2.6.4
Direct low-level communication with MTi
............................................................................. 14
2.6.5
Migration from MT SDK 3.3 (CMT)
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2.6.6
Terms of use MT Software Suite
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3
MTI SYSTEM OVERVIEW
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3.1
C
ALIBRATION
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3.2
X
SENS
K
ALMAN
F
ILTER
(XKF3
I
)
FOR
MT
I
10-
SERIES
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3.2.1
Using the acceleration of gravity to stabilize inclination (roll/pitch)
........................................ 16
3.2.2
Using the Earth magnetic field to stabilize yaw
..................................................................... 17
3.2.3
Initialization
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3.2.4
XKF3i filter profiles
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3.3
X
SENS SENSOR FUSION ALGORITHM FOR
MT
I
100-
SERIES
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3.3.1
MTi 100-series filter
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3.3.2
Transient accelerations
....................................................................................................... 19
3.3.3
Magnetic distortions
........................................................................................................... 19
3.3.4
Loss of GPS
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3.3.5
MTi 100-series filter profiles
................................................................................................ 19
3.3.6
MTi-G-700 filter profiles
...................................................................................................... 20
4
OUTPUT SPECIFICATION
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4.1
O
VERVIEW OF DATA OUTPUTS
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4.1.1
MTData2 output in XBus protocol
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4.1.2
NMEA protocol
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