Real-time and high-performance attitude and heading reference system based on MIMU/magnetometers

Wei Qin, Weizheng Yuan, Honglong Chang, Liang Xue, Guangmin Yuan

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Abstract

In the paper, an attitude and heading reference system based on MIMU/magnetometers with moderate accuracy is presented. To meet the requirements of the real-time measurement, a master/slave CPU structure is proposed in order to improve the data refresh rate effectively. In the algorithm part, an adaptive extended Kaiman filter equation is applied in the system, where the filter equation uses three tilt angles of attitude and three bias errors for the gyroscopes as state vectors, the measurements of three accelerometers and magnetometers are used to drive the state update. When the system is in dynamic mode, the measured values of the accelerometers consist of the gravity vector and the dynamic accelerations, an adaptive extended Kaiman filter tunes its gain automatically based on the system dynamics sensed by the accelerometers to yield optimal performance. The experiment result shows that the attitude and heading angle errors are within 0.2 deg and 0.5 deg respectively in stationary mode, and the result can reflect the attitude angles reasonably in dynamic mode.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMicro and Nano Technology - 1st International Conference Society of Micro/Nano Technology, CSMNT
PublisherTrans Tech Publications
Pages219-223
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)0878493395, 9780878493395
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventMicro and Nano Technology - 1st International Conference Society of Micro/Nano Technology, CSMNT - Beijing, China
Duration: 19 Nov 200822 Nov 2008

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume60-61
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

ConferenceMicro and Nano Technology - 1st International Conference Society of Micro/Nano Technology, CSMNT
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period19/11/0822/11/08

Keywords

  • Adaptive extended Kaiman filter
  • Attitude and heading reference system
  • Magnetometer
  • Master/slave CPU
  • MIMU
  • Real-time

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