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SensorBaro (UORB message)

Barometer sensor.

This is populated by barometer drivers and used by the EKF2 estimator. The information is published in the SCALED_PRESSURE_n MAVLink messages (along with information from a corresponding DifferentialPressure instance).

TOPICS: sensor_baro

Fields

Name Type Unit [Frame] Range/Enum Description
timestamp uint64 us Time of publication (since system start)
timestamp_sample uint64 us Time of raw data capture
device_id uint32 Unique device ID for the sensor that does not change between power cycles
pressure float32 Pa Static pressure measurement
temperature float32 degC Temperature.
error_count uint32 Number of errors detected by driver.

Constants

Name Type Value Description
ORB_QUEUE_LENGTH uint8 4

Source Message

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# Barometer sensor
#
# This is populated by barometer drivers and used by the EKF2 estimator.
# The information is published in the `SCALED_PRESSURE_n` MAVLink messages (along with information from a corresponding `DifferentialPressure` instance).

uint64 timestamp         # [us] Time of publication (since system start)
uint64 timestamp_sample  # [us] Time of raw data capture

uint32 device_id     # [-] Unique device ID for the sensor that does not change between power cycles
float32 pressure     # [Pa] Static pressure measurement
float32 temperature  # [degC] Temperature.
uint32 error_count   # [-] Number of errors detected by driver.

uint8 ORB_QUEUE_LENGTH = 4

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