astro-pi / apollo-soyuz

Demonstration of the IMU sensor on the Astro Pi sense HAT

Apollo Soyuz Demo

Demonstration of the IMU sensor on the Sense HAT by Serge Schneider.

Assumes the Sense HAT Python library has been installed.

Requirements

• Python pi3d module

Python 3:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install pi3d

Python 2:

sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo pip install pi3d

Usage

git clone git://github.com/astro-pi/apollo-soyuz
cd apollo-soyuz
sudo python3 soyuz.py

Pi 1 users will have to wait 3 to 4 minutes for this to load. For Pi 2/3 users it's about 30 seconds.

Pick up the Astro Pi and start moving it around when you see the spacecraft appear on screen.

This is a good demonstration of pitch, roll and yaw.

Keys

• a toggle accelerometer on/off
• g toggle gyroscope on/off
• m toggle magnetometer compass on/off
• + increase yaw offset
• - decrease yaw offset
• Esc quit