Sensors on Raspberry Pi & Python - Distance Sensor & Inertial Measurement Unit

This is an introduction to using sensors on the Raspberry Pi in Python. It includes detailed examples showing how to use an ultrasonic distance sensor and an IMU which stands for inertial measurement unit. IMUs contain an accelerometer and gyroscope, and are useful for anything that involves motion including many robotics and home automation projects which I plan to do in future videos.

Purchase a Raspberry Pi on Amazon

These are affiliate links where I earn a small commission for purchases at no extra cost to you.
This is the easiest way to help the channel, thank you!

Donations

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:02 Distance sensor & gpiozero library
04:06 Connecting distance sensor to the Pi
05:27 Running example code for distance sensor
07:49 Alternative laser distance sensor
08:34 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
10:39 Understanding linear acceleration & gyroscope data
14:10 Enabling I2C bus & connecting MPU-6050 to the Pi
17:39 Running example code for MPU-6050 IMU
24:59 Connecting additional sensors to I2C
26:14 Outro

[PhazerTech]

However it's more expensive, so for tinkering around and hobbyist projects, the MPU-6050 still works well enough.