We have developed a lightweight low-cost attitude sensor, based on a Raspberry Pi, built with readily available commercial components. It can be used in experiments where weight and power are constrained, such as in high- altitude lightweight balloon flights. This attitude sensor will be used as a major building block in a closed-loop control system with driver motors to stabilize and point cameras and telescopes for astronomical observations from a balloon-borne payload.
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@article{arxiv.1412.6444,
title = {A Raspberry Pi-Based Attitude Sensor},
author = {A. G. Sreejith and Joice Mathew and Mayuresh Sarpotdar and Rekhesh Mohan and Akshata Nayak and Margarita Safonova and Jayant Murthy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.6444},
year = {2014}
}
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Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, Volume 03, Issue 02, November 2014