Comments on: Six degrees of fish http://programmerjoe.com/2009/03/07/six-degrees-of-fish/ Joe Ludwig's blog Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alex Kasper http://programmerjoe.com/2009/03/07/six-degrees-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-324143 Alex Kasper Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:56:12 +0000 http://programmerjoe.com/?p=133#comment-324143 You're right these sensors are pretty pricey. If you have written this mainstream application that'll drop the prices - let me know! For normal user-pc-interaction I always found these devices funny, but not really useful... You’re right these sensors are pretty pricey. If you have written this mainstream application that’ll drop the prices – let me know! For normal user-pc-interaction I always found these devices funny, but not really useful…

]]> By: Joe http://programmerjoe.com/2009/03/07/six-degrees-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-323283 Joe Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:56:02 +0000 http://programmerjoe.com/?p=133#comment-323283 The InertiaCube suffers from the same thing every other IMU I've come across does: It's expensive. $1800 to $3400 depending on which version you get. The SparkFun that I'm using is relatively inexpensive at $450, but the price I pay is that it's much less polished and doesn't come with any software. The sad part of all this is that once there is a mainstream application for these sensors the price is going to drop like a rock. They are expensive because the only people buying them are researchers. (Maybe I should get a grant too. :) The InertiaCube suffers from the same thing every other IMU I’ve come across does: It’s expensive. $1800 to $3400 depending on which version you get. The SparkFun that I’m using is relatively inexpensive at $450, but the price I pay is that it’s much less polished and doesn’t come with any software.

The sad part of all this is that once there is a mainstream application for these sensors the price is going to drop like a rock. They are expensive because the only people buying them are researchers. (Maybe I should get a grant too. :)

]]> By: Alex Kasper http://programmerjoe.com/2009/03/07/six-degrees-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-323185 Alex Kasper Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:56:24 +0000 http://programmerjoe.com/?p=133#comment-323185 Welcome to the world of hardware programming ;) There's just a big incompatibility between software and the real world! Btw. if you're interested in that kind of technology you should check out the InterSense hardware. I've worked with their InertiaCube (http://www.intersense.com/InertiaCube_Sensors.aspx) and it did very well. Welcome to the world of hardware programming ;) There’s just a big incompatibility between software and the real world!

Btw. if you’re interested in that kind of technology you should check out the InterSense hardware. I’ve worked with their InertiaCube (http://www.intersense.com/InertiaCube_Sensors.aspx) and it did very well.

]]> By: Joe http://programmerjoe.com/2009/03/07/six-degrees-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-322674 Joe Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:01:14 +0000 http://programmerjoe.com/?p=133#comment-322674 It doesn't look like Arduino has an IMU that they make. I suppose it's possible that someone else makes something compatible. The Year of MGDHH has just begin. You ain't seen nothin' yet! :) It doesn’t look like Arduino has an IMU that they make. I suppose it’s possible that someone else makes something compatible.

The Year of MGDHH has just begin. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet! :)

]]> By: Darius K. http://programmerjoe.com/2009/03/07/six-degrees-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-322662 Darius K. Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:42:34 +0000 http://programmerjoe.com/?p=133#comment-322662 BTW I think 2009 is officially "MMO guys do hardware hacking" year. BTW I think 2009 is officially “MMO guys do hardware hacking” year.

]]> By: Darius K. http://programmerjoe.com/2009/03/07/six-degrees-of-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-322661 Darius K. Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:42:10 +0000 http://programmerjoe.com/?p=133#comment-322661 Very nice! I wonder if there's an Arduino shield that does similar things... Very nice! I wonder if there’s an Arduino shield that does similar things…

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