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MTi User Manual
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4.2
C
OORDINATE SYSTEMS
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4.2.1
Calibrated inertial data and magnetic field data
................................................................... 25
4.2.2
Delta_angle and delta_velocity
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4.2.3
Orientation data
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4.2.4
Velocity data
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4.2.5
Position data
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4.3
O
RIENTATION PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION
........................................................................................... 30
4.4
P
OSITION AND VELOCITY PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION
(MT
I
-G-700)
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4.5
O
RIENTATION OUTPUT MODES
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4.5.1
Quaternion orientation output mode
................................................................................... 32
4.5.2
Euler angles orientation output mode
.................................................................................. 33
4.5.3
Rotation Matrix orientation output mode
............................................................................. 33
4.6
S
ENSOR DATA PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION
........................................................................................... 35
4.6.1
Gyroscopes
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4.6.2
Accelerometers and magnetometer
..................................................................................... 36
4.6.3
Y zBarometer
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4.6.4
GPS receiver
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4.7
B
UILT
-
IN SELF
-
TEST
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4.8
T
EST AND
C
ALIBRATION
C
ERTIFICATE
..................................................................................................... 39
4.9
S
ENSORS DATA OUTPUTS
.................................................................................................................... 40
4.9.1
Physical sensor model
......................................................................................................... 40
4.9.2
Calibrated delta_q and delta_v outputs
................................................................................ 41
4.9.3
Calibrated inertial and magnetic data outputs
...................................................................... 41
4.9.4
Free acceleration
................................................................................................................ 41
4.9.5
Uncalibrated raw output mode
............................................................................................ 42
4.10
L
EGACY OUTPUT MESSAGES
................................................................................................................ 43
4.11
R
ESET OF OUTPUT OR REFERENCE CO
-
ORDINATE SYSTEMS
............................................................................ 44
4.12
T
IMESTAMP AND PACKET COUNTER OUTPUT
............................................................................................ 47
4.12.1
Packet counter
................................................................................................................... 47
4.12.2
Time UTC
........................................................................................................................... 47
4.12.3
Time stamp (Sample Time Fine)
........................................................................................... 47
4.12.4
Setting UTC time on non-GPS MTi’s
...................................................................................... 47
4.13
S
TATUS BYTE
.................................................................................................................................. 48
5
BASIC COMMUNICATION
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5.1
I
NTRODUCTION
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5.2
S
TATES
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5.3
M
ESSAGES
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5.3.1
Message structure
.............................................................................................................. 51
5.3.2
Message usage
.................................................................................................................. 52
5.3.3
Common messages
............................................................................................................. 53
5.4
C
OMMUNICATION
T
IMING
................................................................................................................. 54
5.5
T
RIGGERING AND SYNCHRONIZATION
..................................................................................................... 57
5.5.1
External device triggers MTi (Send Latest)
............................................................................ 57
5.5.2
Marker in MT data (Trigger Indication)
................................................................................ 57
5.5.3
MTi triggers external devices (Interval Transition Measurement)
........................................... 58
5.5.4
Clock synchronization (Clock Bias Estimation)
....................................................................... 59
5.5.4.1
Clock Bias Estimation from GPS
........................................................................................... 59
5.5.5
StartSampling
.................................................................................................................... 59
5.5.6
Combining synchronization functions
................................................................................... 60