Crossbow

After a couple go-rounds via email with Crossbow I got the sensor running. Here, the shot is of the sensor powered up, but the software didn't recognize it, apparently because of a cabling problem.

Turned out the Crossbow check out software requires Windows 2000 or better and would not run on my 98 box. So, thanks to my ISP who had a Windows 2000 package in the shrink wrap... After swapping cables I got the sensor and the PC talking on Thursday the 22nd. Now to get Linux to interface with the sensor.

The secondary circuit with the large LED is the unit's power supply to guarantee a nice clean 4.98 volts to the device. Still hard to believe the little rascal has three accelerometers, three rate gyros, three magnetometers, a GPS, two pressure sensors, and a partridge in a...