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Re:How I Accidentally Kickstarted the Domestic Drone Boom by zem on Sunday June 24, 2012 @01:24AM (#4152657)
> Indeed, some of the newest sensors combine three-axis accelerometers, gyros, and magnetometers (nine sensors in all), plus a temperature gauge and a processor, into one little package that costs about $17.

which model is he talking about? i got curious and went looking, and the best i could find was $50

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Re:How I Accidentally Kickstarted the Domestic Drone Boom by Gussy on Sunday June 24, 2012 @05:48AM (#4153018)
Chris would be talking about the new MPU9150 from Invensense: http://www.invensense.com/mems/gyro/mpu9150.html

Pricing isn't public yet but you can get an idea by looking at the 6-axis products.

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Re:How I Accidentally Kickstarted the Domestic Drone Boom by zem on Sunday June 24, 2012 @06:20AM (#4153055)
nice. if it's really going to end up that cheap, it's an exciting development, paralleling the low-cost arm chips like the raspberry pi. it's going to be a good decade for hardware hobbyists.
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