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Gyro angle calc code
// I2C device class (I2Cdev) demonstration Arduino sketch for MPU6050 class
// 10/7/2011 by Jeff Rowberg <jeff@rowberg.net>
// Updates should (hopefully) always be available at https://github.com/jrowberg/i2cdevlib
//
// Changelog:
// 2011-10-07 - initial release
/* ============================================
I2Cdev device library code is placed under the MIT license
Copyright (c) 2011 Jeff Rowberg
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===============================================*/
// Arduino Wire library is required if I2Cdev I2CDEV_ARDUINO_WIRE implementation
// is used in I2Cdev.h
#include "Wire.h"
// I2Cdev and MPU6050 must be installed as libraries, or else the .cpp/.h files
// for both classes must be in the include path of your project
#include "I2Cdev.h"
#include "MPU6050.h"
// class default I2C address is 0x68
// specific I2C addresses may be passed as a parameter here
// AD0 low = 0x68 (default for InvenSense evaluation board)
// AD0 high = 0x69
MPU6050 accelgyro;
int16_t ax, ay, az;
int16_t gx, gy, gz;
#define LED_PIN 13
bool blinkState = false;
// accelerometer values
int accel_reading;
int accel_corrected;
int accel_offset = 200;
float accel_angle;
float accel_scale = 1; // set to 0.01
// gyro values
int gyro_offset = 151; // 151
int gyro_corrected;
int gyro_reading;
float gyro_rate;
float gyro_scale = 0.02; // 0.02 by default - tweak as required
float gyro_angle;
float loop_time = 0.05; // 50ms loop
float angle = 0.00; // value to hold final calculated gyro angle
// time stamp variables
int last_update;
int cycle_time;
long last_cycle = 0;
void setup() {
// join I2C bus (I2Cdev library doesn't do this automatically)
Wire.begin();
// initialize serial communication
Serial.begin(9600);
// initialize device
Serial.println("Initializing I2C devices...");
accelgyro.initialize();
// verify connection
Serial.println("Testing device connections...");
Serial.println(accelgyro.testConnection() ? "MPU6050 connection successful" : "MPU6050 connection failed");
// configure Arduino LED for
pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT);
}
void loop(){
// read raw accel/gyro measurements from device
accelgyro.getMotion6(&ax, &ay, &az, &gx, &gy, &gz);
// accelerometer_X_Axis angle calc
accel_reading = ax;
accel_corrected = accel_reading - accel_offset;
accel_corrected = map(accel_corrected, -16800, 16800, -90, 90);
accel_corrected = constrain(accel_corrected, -90, 90);
accel_angle = (float)(accel_corrected * accel_scale);
Serial.print(accel_angle);
Serial.print("\t");
// gyro_Y_Axis angle calc
gyro_reading = gy;
gyro_corrected = (float)((gyro_reading/131) - gyro_offset); // 131 is sensivity of gyro from data sheet
gyro_rate = (gyro_corrected * gyro_scale) * -loop_time; // loop_time = 0.05 ie 50ms
gyro_angle = angle + gyro_rate;
// print values to serial monitor for checking
Serial.print(gyro_reading);
Serial.print("\t");
Serial.print(gyro_corrected);
Serial.print("\t");
Serial.print(gyro_angle);
Serial.print("\t");
Serial.println(" ");
// blink LED to indicate activity
blinkState = !blinkState;
digitalWrite(LED_PIN, blinkState);
//timestamp
time_stamp();
}
void time_stamp(){
while ((millis() - last_cycle) < 50){
delay(1);
}
// once loop cycle reaches 50ms, reset timer value and continue
cycle_time = millis() - last_cycle;
last_cycle = millis();
}
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what does this do? no values are changing with tilting 3 axis.

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