Raspberry Pi and BMG160 angular rate sensor java example

The BMG160 is an ultra-small, digital 3-axis angular rate sensor with a measurement range up to 2000°/s and a digital resolution of 16 bit for consumer electronics applications. The BMG160 allows low-noise measurement of angular rates in 3 perpendicular axes and is designed for use in cellular phones, handhelds, computer peripherals, man-machine interfaces, virtual reality features, remote and game controllers.

With its small footprint of only 3 x 3 mm² the BMG160 is unique in the class of low-noise consumer electronics gyroscopes. The zero-rate offset and offset stability over temperature of the BMG160 are outstanding.

Parameter Technical data
Digital resolution 16 bit
Measurement ranges
(programmable)
± 125 °/s, ± 250 °/s,
± 500 °/s, ± 1000 °/s,
± 2000 °/s
Sensitivity (calibrated) ± 125°/s: 262.4 LSB/°/s
± 250°/s: 131.2 LSB/°/s
± 500°/s: 65.5 LSB/°/s
± 1000°/s: 32.8 LSB/°/s
± 2000°/s: 16.4 LSB/°/s
Zero-g offset (typ., over life-time) ± 1 °/s
Zero-rate offset over temperature 0.015 °/s/K
Noise density (typ.) 0.014 °/s/√Hz
Low-pass filter bandwiths (progr.) 230, 116, 64, 47, 32,
23, 12 Hz
Date rates (programmable) 2000, 1000,
400, 200, 100 Hz
Digital inputs/outputs SPI, I²C,
2x digital interrupts
Supply voltage (VDD) 2.4 … 3.6 V
I/0 supply voltage (VDDIO) 1.2 … 3.6 V
Temperature range -40 … +85 °C
Current consumption
– full operation
– low-power mode
5.0 mA
2.5 mA
FIFO data buffer 100 samples depth
(each axis)
LGA package 3 x 3 x 0.95 mm³
Shock resistance 10,000 g x 200 μs

 

Connection

Raspberry PI Module
3.3v Vcc
Gnd Gnd
SDA SDA
SCL SCL

 

Code

This time we explore the world of Java on the Raspberry Pi

First you need to install PI4j – http://pi4j.com/install.html . I’ll sum it up as its easy to install from a terminal

The simplest method to install Pi4J on your RaspberryPi is to execute the following command directly on your RaspberryPi.
curl -s get.pi4j.com | sudo bash

Now for the java code – this is courtesy of a controleverything example, I had to change the I2C address for my module

[codesyntax lang=”java”]

// Distributed with a free-will license.
// Use it any way you want, profit or free, provided it fits in the licenses of its associated works.
// BMG160
// This code is designed to work with the BMG160_I2CS I2C Mini Module available from ControlEverything.com.
// https://www.controleverything.com/content/Gyro?sku=BMG160_I2CS#tabs-0-product_tabset-2#tabs-0-product_tabset-2

import com.pi4j.io.i2c.I2CBus;
import com.pi4j.io.i2c.I2CDevice;
import com.pi4j.io.i2c.I2CFactory;
import java.io.IOException;

public class BMG160
{
	public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
	{
		// Create I2C bus
		I2CBus bus = I2CFactory.getInstance(I2CBus.BUS_1);
		// Get I2C device, BMG160 I2C address is 0x69
		I2CDevice device = bus.getDevice(0x69);

		// Select range register
		// Configure full scale range, 2000 dps
		device.write(0x0F, (byte)0x80);
		// Select bandwidth register
		// Bandwidth 200 Hz
		device.write(0x10, (byte)0x04);
		Thread.sleep(500);

		// Read 6 bytes of data
		// xGyro lsb, xGyro msb, yGyro lsb, yGyro msb, zGyro lsb, zGyro msb
		byte[] data = new byte[6];
		device.read(0x02, data, 0, 6);

		// Convert data
		int xGyro = ((data[1] & 0xFF) * 256 + (data[0] & 0xFF));
		if(xGyro > 32767)
		{
			xGyro -= 65536;
		}

		int yGyro = ((data[3] & 0xFF) * 256 + (data[2] & 0xFF));
		if(yGyro > 32767)
		{
			yGyro -= 65536;
		}

		int zGyro = ((data[5] & 0xFF) * 256 + (data[4] & 0xFF));
		if(zGyro > 32767)
		{
			zGyro -= 65536;
		}

		// Output data to screen
		System.out.printf("X-Axis of Rotation : %d %n", xGyro);
		System.out.printf("Y-axis of Rotation : %d %n", yGyro);
		System.out.printf("Z-axis of Rotation : %d %n", zGyro);
	}
}

[/codesyntax]

 

Now you have to compile and run the program like this

$> sudo pi4j BMG160.java

Testing

You should see the following

Link

CJMCU-160 Sensortec three axis gyro attitude sensor module BMG160

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