NAVIO is a navigation shield for Raspberry Pi

March 31, 2014 16:13 | By | 1 Comment

It’s hard not to like the Raspberry Pi. It’s a massively useful and cheap computing platform that has transformed hardware hacking in a way that can only be compared to the Arduino before it.

And now, Navio aims to offer a complete sensor and interface board to allow your Raspberry to function as a controller for RC vehicles. They even plan to port APM to the Pi.

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Hardware highlights include the MPU9150 Acc/Gyro combination, MS5611 Barometer, UBlox Neo6T GPS, as well as Pixhawk-compatible serial and I2C connectors.  If this got you curious, you should check out their website.

 

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