Drone Project Accelerometer/Gyroscope Implementation

Hello everyone,

I am doing a project on building a drone from scratch and as a proof of concept kinda part I have to show the response times of the drone in simulink. I have managed to create the drone system on simulink where the drone's trajectory is controlled by the altitude, and the angular rates. Would someone be able to help me with implementing an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnotometer to complete the system. I am not sure where to put these sensors or how to integrate them into the system.

Thanks.

Answer 1

[Ashok]

Hey @Methmika,

The 'IMU' block in Simulink, bundles the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer into one block. You can learn more about it here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2024b/nav/ref/imu.html

Check out the IMU Sensor Fusion with Simulink example to learn how to generate and fuse IMU sensor data. Entering the following command in MATLAB Command Window will open the example.

open_system('IMUFusionSimulinkModel');

This example uses the 'AHRS' block to reconstruct orientation and angular velocities from IMU data. More details about the block are available here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2024b/fusion/ref/ahrs.html

I believe this will assist you!

[Methmika]

Thank you so much.