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VehicleAttitude (UORB message)

This is similar to the mavlink message ATTITUDE_QUATERNION, but for onboard use. The quaternion uses the Hamilton convention, and the order is q(w, x, y, z).

TOPICS: vehicle_attitude vehicle_attitude_groundtruth external_ins_attitude estimator_attitude

Fields

Name Type Unit [Frame] Range/Enum Description
timestamp uint64 time since system start (microseconds)
timestamp_sample uint64 the timestamp of the raw data (microseconds)
q float32[4] Quaternion rotation from the FRD body frame to the NED earth frame
delta_q_reset float32[4] Amount by which quaternion has changed during last reset
quat_reset_counter uint8 Quaternion reset counter

Constants

Name Type Value Description
MESSAGE_VERSION uint32 0

Source Message

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# This is similar to the mavlink message ATTITUDE_QUATERNION, but for onboard use
# The quaternion uses the Hamilton convention, and the order is q(w, x, y, z)

uint32 MESSAGE_VERSION = 0

uint64 timestamp                # time since system start (microseconds)

uint64 timestamp_sample         # the timestamp of the raw data (microseconds)

float32[4] q                    # Quaternion rotation from the FRD body frame to the NED earth frame
float32[4] delta_q_reset        # Amount by which quaternion has changed during last reset
uint8 quat_reset_counter        # Quaternion reset counter

# TOPICS vehicle_attitude vehicle_attitude_groundtruth external_ins_attitude
# TOPICS estimator_attitude

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