A simple single-file program to test the BNO055 breakout board from Adafruit. There are two BNO055 libraries on MBED, as well as Arduino source code on the Adafruit website, but none of it worked for me, so I wrote this simple example.

Dependencies:   mbed

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+/**
+ * A simple single-file program to test the BNO055 breakout board from Adafruit.
+ * There are two BNO055 libraries on MBED, as well as Arduino source code on the Adafruit website,
+ * but none of it worked for me, so I wrote this simple example.
+ *
+ * Some notes:
+ * 1.) You will probably need to reset your microcontroller a few times. The BNO055 is correctly initialized when
+ *      the ID is read correctly and the temperature is not zero (i.e. initBNO055() should return true).
+ * 2.) The BNO055 breakout board uses an external crystal. If you are not using an external crystal, delete the
+ *      I2C write message that sets the chip to using external crystal.
+ */
+
+#include "mbed.h"
+
+Serial pc(USBTX,USBRX);
+I2C i2c(D7, D6);
+
+const int bno055_addr = 0x28 << 1;
+
+const int BNO055_ID_ADDR                                          = 0x00;
+const int BNO055_EULER_H_LSB_ADDR                                 = 0x1A;
+const int BNO055_TEMP_ADDR                                        = 0x34;
+const int BNO055_OPR_MODE_ADDR                                    = 0x3D;
+const int BNO055_CALIB_STAT_ADDR                                  = 0x35;
+const int BNO055_SYS_STAT_ADDR                                    = 0x39;
+const int BNO055_SYS_ERR_ADDR                                     = 0x3A;
+const int BNO055_AXIS_MAP_CONFIG_ADDR                             = 0x41;
+const int BNO055_SYS_TRIGGER_ADDR                                 = 0x3F;
+
+typedef struct CalibStatus_t
+{
+    int mag;
+    int acc;
+    int gyr;
+    int sys;
+} CalibStatus;
+
+typedef struct Euler_t
+{
+    float heading;
+    float pitch;
+    float roll;
+} Euler;
+
+
+/**
+ * Function to write to a single 8-bit register
+ */
+void writeReg(int regAddr, char value)
+{
+    char wbuf[2];
+    wbuf[0] = regAddr;
+    wbuf[1] = value;
+    i2c.write(bno055_addr, wbuf, 2, false);  
+}
+
+/**
+ * Function to read from a single 8-bit register
+ */
+char readReg(int regAddr)
+{
+    char rwbuf = regAddr;
+    i2c.write(bno055_addr, &rwbuf, 1, false);
+    i2c.read(bno055_addr, &rwbuf, 1, false);
+    return rwbuf;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the calibration status of each component
+ */
+CalibStatus readCalibrationStatus()
+{
+    CalibStatus status;
+    int regVal = readReg(BNO055_CALIB_STAT_ADDR);
+        
+    status.mag = regVal & 0x03;
+    status.acc = (regVal >> 2) & 0x03;
+    status.gyr = (regVal >> 4) & 0x03;
+    status.sys = (regVal >> 6) & 0x03;
+    
+    return status;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Checks that there are no errors on the accelerometer
+ */
+bool bno055Healthy()
+{
+    int sys_error = readReg(BNO055_SYS_ERR_ADDR);
+    wait(0.001);
+    int sys_stat = readReg(BNO055_SYS_STAT_ADDR);
+    wait(0.001);
+    
+    if(sys_error == 0 && sys_stat == 5)
+        return true;
+    else
+        return false;
+}
+    
+
+/**
+ * Configure and initialize the BNO055
+ */
+bool initBNO055()
+{
+    unsigned char regVal;
+    i2c.frequency(400000);
+    bool startupPass = true;
+    
+    // Do some basic power-up tests
+    regVal = readReg(BNO055_ID_ADDR);
+    if(regVal == 0xA0)
+        pc.printf("BNO055 successfully detected!\r\n");
+    else {
+        pc.printf("ERROR: no BNO055 detected\r\n");
+        startupPass = false;
+    }
+        
+    regVal = readReg(BNO055_TEMP_ADDR);
+    pc.printf("Chip temperature is: %d C\r\n", regVal);
+    
+    if(regVal == 0)
+        startupPass = false;
+ 
+    // Change mode to CONFIG
+    writeReg(BNO055_OPR_MODE_ADDR, 0x00);
+    wait(0.2);
+    
+    regVal = readReg(BNO055_OPR_MODE_ADDR);
+    pc.printf("Change to mode: %d\r\n", regVal);
+    wait(0.1);
+    
+    // Remap axes
+    writeReg(BNO055_AXIS_MAP_CONFIG_ADDR, 0x06);    // b00_00_01_10
+    wait(0.1);    
+
+    // Set to external crystal
+    writeReg(BNO055_SYS_TRIGGER_ADDR, 0x80);
+    wait(0.2);    
+
+    // Change mode to NDOF
+    writeReg(BNO055_OPR_MODE_ADDR, 0x0C);
+    wait(0.2);
+ 
+    regVal = readReg(BNO055_OPR_MODE_ADDR);
+    pc.printf("Change to mode: %d\r\n", regVal);
+    wait(0.1);
+    
+    return startupPass;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reads the Euler angles, zeroed out
+ */
+Euler getEulerAngles()
+{
+    char buf[16];
+    Euler e;
+    
+    // Read in the Euler angles
+    buf[0] = BNO055_EULER_H_LSB_ADDR;
+    i2c.write(bno055_addr, buf, 1, false);
+    i2c.read(bno055_addr, buf, 6, false);
+    
+    short int euler_head = buf[0] + (buf[1] << 8);
+    short int euler_roll = buf[2] + (buf[3] << 8);
+    short int euler_pitch = buf[4] + (buf[5] << 8);
+    
+    e.heading = ((float)euler_head) / 16.0;
+    e.roll = ((float)euler_roll) / 16.0;
+    e.pitch = ((float)euler_pitch) / 16.0;
+    
+    return e;
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+    bool startupPassed;
+    Euler e;
+
+    // Initialize
+    pc.baud(115200);
+    wait(0.5);
+    startupPassed = initBNO055();   // Note: set LED to RED if this fails
+ 
+    // Read orientation values
+    while(true)
+    {
+        // Make sure that there are no errors
+        if(!bno055Healthy())
+            pc.printf("ERROR: BNO055 has an error/status problem!!!\r\n");
+        
+        // Read in the Euler angles
+        e = getEulerAngles();
+ 
+        wait(0.001);
+ 
+        // Read in the calibration status
+        CalibStatus calStat = readCalibrationStatus();
+        
+        printf("Heading: %7.2f \tRoll: %7.2f \tPitch: %7.2f \tMAG: %d ACC: %d GYR: %d SYS: %d\r\n", e.heading, e.roll, e.pitch,
+            calStat.mag, calStat.acc, calStat.gyr, calStat.sys);
+        
+        wait(0.05);
+    }
+}