Note to Self: Info/Resources on MAX32630FTHR board for makewithmaxim-design-contest

Note to Self. Place to keep track of info/resources I collect about the MAX32630FTHR board and related info.

MAX32630FTHR/related info

https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/products/digital/microcontrollers/MAX32630FTHR.html
Product page. Incl datasheet download and getting started video.

https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/MAX32630FTHR/
More detailed info incl pinout, latest firmware.

https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/6349
User's Guide (for MAX32630 itself, not the FTHR board specifically.)

https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX32630FTHR.pdf
Data sheet
** Page 8 (schematic) shows that the IMU is "BMi 160".
(Also P3 pinout shows this too.)
From elsewhere, I gather that this is: "Bosch Sensortec BMI160 IMU"

Info about the "Bosch Sensortec BMI160" IMU :
https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/bst/products/all_products/bmi160

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/bosch-sensortec/BMI160/828-1057-1-ND/6136308


https://ae-bst.resource.bosch.com/media/_tech/media/datasheets/BST-BMI160-DS000-07.pdf
110 page datasheet for bmi160.
To do: does it do its own sensor fusion...?
Tentatively, I don't see anything suggesting it does :-(
However it does have "Hardware sensor timestamps" so even if I read data at "uneven" timespans, I will be able to use the data accurately for sensor fusion.
Seem only the foll are what it does ITSELF work out and recognize: " any- or no-motion detection, tap/double tap sensing, orientation detection, free-fall or shock events." (Interrupts are generated for such; se page 25 onwards.)

Misc
To Do:
Find a detailed user guide for the FTHR board itself?
E.g., demos of accessing the IMU's data:
https://developer.mbed.org/teams/Ma...HR_IMU_Hello_World/file/514f75694881/main.cpp
very basic.

** Particularly, does the IMU do its own Sensor Fusion?
(Tentatively: Seems not.)

** Look into Sensor Fusion algorithms elsewhere; any suitably licensed libraries?

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