Joseph Paul Cusumano, Thesis Supervisor Patrick James Drew, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
Input Device Inertial Measurement Unit Arduino
Abstract:
Input devices have been around since the invention of the computer. They started with mice and keyboards, as technology improved more input devices were created such as joysticks and touchpads. Computers can do so much today, that novel input devices are being created for a variety of different uses. This thesis will examine the research, manufacturing, and testing of a 6 degree of freedom (DOF) input device. The main component of this device will be a BNO055 inertial measurement unit, which will collect data in real time through the use of an Arduino microcontroller. In order to show the functionality of this device, a visualization will be created though the use of Processing. Finally to determine if the device outputs reliable data, free vibration testing was done, and the first natural frequencies of the outputs were calculated and compared to theoretical values.
