Quaternion values from BNO055 not available

Question

I am trying to obtain Quaternion values from a BNO055 connected to ESP32-PoE board by Olimex.

Code

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_Sensor.h>
#include <Adafruit_BNO055.h>
#include <utility/imumaths.h>
Adafruit_BNO055 bno = Adafruit_BNO055(55);
void setup() {
 // put your setup code here, to run once:
 Wire.begin(13, 16, 400000);
 Serial.begin(115200);
 if (!bno.begin()) {
 Serial.println("No BNO055 Detected!");
 while(1);
 }
 delay(100);
 bno.setMode(Adafruit_BNO055::OPERATION_MODE_NDOF_FMC_OFF);
 bno.setExtCrystalUse(true);
}
void loop() {
 // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
 imu::Quaternion quat = bno.getQuat();
 imu::Vector<3> euler = quat.toEuler();
 Serial.print("W: ");
 Serial.print(quat.w());
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("x: ");
 Serial.print(quat.x());
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("y: ");
 Serial.print(quat.y());
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("z: ");
 Serial.print(quat.z());
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("X: ");
 Serial.print((float)euler.x());
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("Y: ");
 Serial.print((float)euler.y());
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("Z: ");
 Serial.print(float(euler.z()));
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.println("");
 delay(200);
}

output

W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00 
W: 0.00 x: 0.00 y: 0.00 z: 0.00 X: 0.00 Y: nan Z: 0.00

The sensor seems to be working since I tried a simple script and the values are avaiable.

Is there some specific setting missing during setup() in order to obtain Quaternions.

Purpose

For Absolute orientation, the Quaternion values need to be converted to Euler .

• Juraj: why setExtCrystalUse? has the module an external crystal?
• Shan-Desai: I think it is for I2C clock. It is set to true in most applications.

Answer 1

Apparently in the setup() it is preferable to have a delay(1000) as opposed to delay(100).

Code

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_Sensor.h>
#include <Adafruit_BNO055.h>
#include <utility/imumaths.h>
#include <math.h>
#define DEG (180/M_PI)
Adafruit_BNO055 bno = Adafruit_BNO055(55);
void setup() {
 // put your setup code here, to run once:
 Wire.begin(13, 16, 400000);
 Serial.begin(115200);
 if (!bno.begin()) {
 Serial.println("No BNO055 Detected!");
 while(1);
 }
 delay(1000);
 bno.setMode(Adafruit_BNO055::OPERATION_MODE_NDOF_FMC_OFF);
 bno.setExtCrystalUse(true);
}
void loop() {
 // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
 imu::Quaternion quat = bno.getQuat();
 imu::Vector<3> euler = quat.toEuler();
// Serial.print("W: ");
// Serial.print(quat.w());
// Serial.print(F(" "));
// 
// Serial.print("x: ");
// Serial.print(quat.x());
// Serial.print(F(" "));
// 
// Serial.print("y: ");
// Serial.print(quat.y());
// Serial.print(F(" "));
// 
// Serial.print("z: ");
// Serial.print(quat.z());
// Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("Yaw: ");
 Serial.print(euler[0] * DEG);
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("Pitch: ");
 Serial.print(euler[1] * DEG);
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.print("Roll: ");
 Serial.print(euler[2] * DEG);
 Serial.print(F(" "));
 Serial.println("");
 delay(200);
}