Bosch Sensortec COINES

COmmunication with INertial and Environmental Sensors

COINES allows users to evaluate sensors using the Bosch Sensortec Application Board. Sensor configuration and data readout can be easily done using the coinesAPI from PC side using C (or) Python.

To overcome the limitations (Eg: inaccurate delays,etc.,) due to latencies in USB communication, some C examples can also be cross-compiled and run directly on the Application Board's microcontroller.

Quick Start

Clone this repository
Install GCC Toolchain and GNU Make
Install USB drivers and libraries
- Windows - app_board_usb_driver.exe
- Linux - libusb-dev package and udev rules
  - Debian based distros - sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev
  - Red Hat based distros - sudo yum install libusbx-devel
- macOS - brew install libusb
Connect the Bosch Sensortec Application Board 2.0 (or) 3.0 to PC with any sensor shuttle mounted.
Go to any example and run make
Run the compiled binary

Running examples on Application Board microcontroller

Update to the latest DD2.0 firmware ( v3.1 and above )
Install dfu-util
- Windows - Not required.Available at tools/usb-dfu
- Linux
  - Debian based distros - sudo apt install dfu-util
  - Red Hat based distros - sudo yum instal dfu-util
- macOS - brew install dfu-util
Get GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain, extract and add to PATH
Go to any example and run make TARGET=MCU_APP20 download (or) make TARGET=MCU_APP30 download
Open Application Board USB serial port with any serial terminal program (Ensure DTR signal is asserted)

Running Python examples

Install Python 3.x

Install coinespy by using any of the below command set.

$ pip install coinespy

$ cd coines-api/pc/python
$ python setup.py install

Run examples in python-examples/

Creating new examples