{"id":360,"date":"2025-03-21T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:51:29","slug":"an-esp32-based-imu-data-logger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/an-esp32-based-imu-data-logger\/","title":{"rendered":"[036] IMU DATA LOGGER FOR MOTION ANALYSIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/copperfiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image1-0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image1-0.png 900w, https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image1-0-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image1-0-768x341.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea here was to capture motion data in real operating conditions \u2014 vibrations, orientation changes, transient events \u2014 without depending on a permanent network connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system is built around an ESP32-S3, chosen for its processing power and built-in Wi-Fi. The IMU samples continuously, data gets timestamped, and it&#8217;s stored either on a microSD card for long sessions or transferred directly over Wi-Fi for quick access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both modes coexist, which gives real flexibility: leave the device running in the field without a network and retrieve the data later, or tap into live measurements if you&#8217;re within range. Compact, autonomous, and actually useful on a real job site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea here was to capture motion data in real operating conditions \u2014 vibrations, orientation changes, transient events \u2014 without depending on a permanent network connection. The system is built around an ESP32-S3, chosen for its processing power and built-in Wi-Fi. The IMU samples continuously, data gets timestamped, and it&#8217;s stored either on a microSD &#8230; <a title=\"[036] IMU DATA LOGGER FOR MOTION ANALYSIS\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/an-esp32-based-imu-data-logger\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about [036] IMU DATA LOGGER FOR MOTION ANALYSIS\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[23,22,21,20],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15","tag-esp32-s3r2","tag-imu","tag-sd-card","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copperfiction.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}