Integration of Xsens Avior with BlueOS

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Hi All,

I’m trying to use the Xsens Avior AHRS with BlueOS. Is it compatible with Navigator/BlueOS? If yes, can someone guide me on how to connect it?

For reference, here is the product page for the Xsens Avior:
https://www.movella.com/products/sensor-modules/xsens-avior-series

I appreciate your help and look forward to guidance on this integration.

Thanks
Sakthi

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Hi @Sakthivelj -

If that sensor outputs via serial or TCP/IP, standard NMEA messages, it may work. Checkout this guide on how to connect devices to BlueOS/Navigator - once you’re able to receive data, it should be just. matter of piping the data to the autopilot!

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Hi @Sakthivelj,

If it’s not supported in ArduPilot’s external AHRS library then you’ll either need to write your own driver for it there, connect it via a higher level protocol (like NMEA, as Tony suggested), or create some translation layer for it via a BlueOS Extension or similar.

Note that anything other than direct autopilot integration is likely to have an increased latency, which may reduce the value of using a higher quality sensor set.

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