Well after my sister in law turned up yesterday without my grp matting, the build of my new hull is on hold until August now
On a brighter note she did bring the electronic stuff I have been waiting for, among which is this little beauty.
So all is not lost I can start to meddle with the dynamic positioning side of the electronics..
This is a 9DOF IMU, or in other words its an Inertial Measurement Unit with 9 degrees of freedom. To capture these nine distinct types of motion or orientation related data: 3 degrees each of acceleration, magnetic orientation, and angular velocity. the pcb has these individual chips on board...
3-axis accelerometer 3-axis magnetometer 3-axis gyroscope
So each of these little wonders measures movement as forward/reverse, up/down, side/side. Very useful information if you can interpret the readings and send the relevant commands to motors etc.
So I will say its going to be a few weeks worth of headaches until I can get something worthwhile to put in print again, but check back from time to time.
The photo shows the whole pcb not much bigger than a postage stamp.