We provide a wide variety of hardware and software tools that simplify the evaluation and integration of our line of navigation sensors. The Development Kits provide out-of-the-box access to all of the hardware functionality of the VN-200 INS. Our Sensor Explorer graphical user interface provides a powerful tool for evaluation, performance analysis and configuration of VectorNav sensors. Software libraries are also provided to facilitate easy integration with existing platforms. Development kits are available for both the VN-200 SMD and the VN-200 Rugged.
Communication
The VN-100 SMD (Surface-Mount Device) development board provides easy access to both serial ports on the VN-100. The first Serial port is available as a virtual COM port on USB, while the second Serial port is available with RS-232 logic levels on a female DB-9 connector.
Access to All Pins
Direct access to all pins on the VN-100 is provided using the 30-pin header for easy prototyping.
Power Options
The VN-100 development board can either be powered by USB, a 5V barrell jack, or directly via the 30-pin header.
The VN-200 Rugged Development Kit provides a complete set of tools and support software required to start evaluating the VN-200 GPS/INS:
- 1 VN-200 Rugged
- 1 USB communication cable
- 1 RS-232 Serial communication cable
- 1 high sensitivity GPS patch antenna
- 1 SMA to MMCX RF adapter
- CD with development tools
- USB device drivers
- Sensor Explorer evaluation software
- .NET & C/C++ software libraries
- Embedded support library
- Application Notes
Sensor Explorer software provides a powerful tool for evaluation, performance analysis and configuration of VectorNav inertial sensors. The user-friendly software provides users with many of the features required during the early stages of development:
- Graphical display of the 3D orientation of the sensor
- Graph inertial data and log output to file for analysis
- Configure sensor settings & registers
Our software support library helps developers quickly integrate VectorNav navigation sensors into existing .NET or C/C++ applications:
- Low-level drivers handles serial communications
- Complete access to all registers and features on VN-200
- Math library provides access to common operations
- Coordinate transformations
- Magnetic calibration routines
- C/C++ Library support for Windows & Linux platforms