Create motion joystick for driving

[derickson2402]

Originally I thought you could just plug an Xbox controller into an Arduino over USB and use its values to transmit to the drone. Turns out, there's only like 3 models of Arduino that have a full USB implementation available (normal ones aren't fast/powerful enough) so this won't work without a computer as a middle-man.

Instead, there are like 10 extra IMU chips lying around, so hooking one up to the transmitter and using it for motion controls should work just fine. Might be annoying later on (especially if there is drift) but it will be highly configurable and (hopefully) straightforward.

[derickson2402]

Hm so forgot that the chip does not perform integration for us, it only reports change in angle and acceleration. Will need to perform the integration manually to track the current position of the 'joystick' and then send the corresponding values...

[derickson2402]

Hmmm am I going to just have to write my own code to callibrate and track the sensor? This might be more difficult than just using an xbox controller :(