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ahrs_kalman vs quaternion

PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2012 2:58 pm
by salviador
Hi, I have a doubt. Why the quadricopter use quaternion and not kalman ?
Is there a technical reason?

I thought that Kalman filter is better for vibration, why not use in quadricopter?

Thanks!

Re: ahrs_kalman vs quaternion

PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2012 3:28 pm
by Tom
The quaternion code implementation is much "simpler". It is calculated 250 times per seconds (this is needed for a quadrocopter). The kalman code requires a lot more computational efforts and it executed only 50 times per second.