PNI SpacePoint Scout - Manual (Page 2)

Table of Contents
1 COPYRIGHT & WARRANTY INFORMATION ............................................................ 3
2 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 4
3 SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................... 5
3.1 CHARACTERISTICS & REQUIREMENTS ..................................................... 5
3.2 MECHANICAL DRAWING ............................................................................... 6
4 USING THE SPACEPOINT SCOUT ............................................................................ 7
4.1 SETUP ............................................................................................................. 7
4.2 UART COMMUNICATION ............................................................................... 7
4.3 I 2 C COMMUNICATION ................................................................................. 10
5 CONVERTING AND INTERPRETING THE OUTPUT ............................................... 12
5.1 SPACEPOINT QUATERNIONS .................................................................... 12
5.2 CURSOR POSITION ..................................................................................... 13
6 SPACEPOINT SCOUT TEST PROGRAM ................................................................ 14
6.1 SET UP .......................................................................................................... 14
6.1.1 Software ........................................................................................... 14
6.1.2 Hardware – Using PNI CommBoard ................................................ 14
6.1.3 Hardware – Direct UART Connection .............................................. 15
6.2 POWERING UP THE SPACEPOINT SCOUT .............................................. 15
6.3 LAUNCHING THE TEST PROGRAM ........................................................... 16
6.4 RUNNING THE POINT TRACKING SCREEN .............................................. 17
6.5 RUNNING THE MOTION TRACKING SCREEN .......................................... 18
6.6 EXITING THE PROGRAM & SUMMARY OF COMMANDS ......................... 18
List of Figures
Figure 2-1: SpacePoint Scout Module ...................................................................... 4
Figure 2-2: SpacePoint Scout System Functional Diagram ...................................... 4
Figure 3-1: Scout Mechanical Drawing ..................................................................... 6
Figure 4-1: Receive Data Structure .......................................................................... 8
Figure 4-2: Transmit Data Structure ......................................................................... 8
Figure 6-1: PNI CommBoard Jumper Configuration ............................................... 15
List of Tables
Table 3-1: Sensor Components ................................................................................ 5
Table 3-2: I/O Characteristics ................................................................................... 5
Table 3-3: Environmental Requirements .................................................................. 5
Table 3-4: Mechanical Characteristics ...................................................................... 6
Table 4-1: UART Configuration ................................................................................ 8
Table 4-2: Structure of UART kRequestQResp frame .............................................. 9
Table 5-1: Scaling of Output Data .......................................................................... 12
Table 6-1: Summary of SpacePoint Scout Test Program Commands .................... 19