Getting distance from the base station

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amathuri
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Getting distance from the base station

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Is there a way to compute how far is Crazyfile from its base station? And, a way to navigate back to the station?
kimberly
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Re: Getting distance from the base station

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I guess you could subtract the lighthouse geometry (in lighthouse_core.c) from the current state estimate? Or do you want to do a more direct measurement based on the sweepangles of the basestation?
amathuri
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Re: Getting distance from the base station

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Does it need a particular type of deck for it to work?
I want to see if I can write an algorithm for Crazyfile to navigate back to a fixed location.
kristoffer
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Re: Getting distance from the base station

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If you are using the lighthouse system you need a lighthouse deck (https://store.bitcraze.io/collections/d ... oning-deck) and preferably 2 lighthouse base stations.
In this case you would know the position all the time and returning to the starting point would be as simple as a goto.
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