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Orientus is not recommended for new designs. Certus Mini A now available.
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Orientus (NRND)
Orientus is a miniature IMU and AHRS that provides accurate orientation under the most demanding conditions.
Roll & Pitch
0.2 °
Heading (Magnetic)
0.8 °
Bias Instability
3 °/hr
Update Rate
1000 Hz
Orientus combines temperature-calibrated accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers with a sophisticated fusion algorithm to deliver accurate and reliable orientation. It is available in both OEM and rugged packages.
Key Dates for Product End of Life Program
Sep 25, 2024: Not recommended for new design (NRND) – Notification period.
Dec 31, 2025: Last Time Buy (LTB) – Last date to place final orders for Orientus.
Mar 31, 2026: Last Time Ship (LTS) – Final manufacturing run and delivery.
Dec 31, 2026: End of Support – Engineering and technical support ends.
Features
High-Performance MEMS
Orientus contains high-performance MEMS sensors that are put through Advanced Navigation’s intensive 8-hour temperature calibration process. This provides the highest accuracy possible from this sensor class and outputs consistent accuracy over the full temperature range from -40°C to 85°C.
Automatic Magnetic Calibration
Orientus features fully automatic magnetic calibration that updates every time the unit moves and removes all requirements on a manual calibration process. This provides reliable accurate heading through changing environments.
Linear Acceleration Compensation
Orientus uses an innovative algorithm to compensate for linear accelerations. This allows Orientus to maintain accurate roll and pitch through short term linear accelerations that typically cause significant errors in competitors systems. For long term linear accelerations Orientus supports the addition of an external GNSS receiver for full acceleration compensation.
High Update Rate
Orientus’s internal filter runs at 1000Hz and data can also be output at this rate over high speed RS232. This allows for control of dynamically unstable platforms.
Reliability
Orientus has been designed from the ground up for mission critical control applications where reliability is very important. It is built on top of a safety oriented real time operating system and all software is designed and tested to safety standards with fault tolerance in mind. The hardware is designed and manufactured to mil standards.
Applications
Robotics
Gimbal Stabilization
Human Motion
Marine
Specifications
Orientation
Sensors
Accelerometers
Gyroscopes
Magnetometers
Communication
Hardware
Downloads
Datasheet
Reference Manual
OEM Reference Manual
OEM Development Kit Manual
3D Model
INS Manager – Desktop
Version 8.0
04 Dec 2025
INS Manager – Deskop is used for testing, configuration, firmware management and logging with Advanced Navigation’s INS devices. Java 11 is required to run INS Manager – Desktop. Adoptium JRE 11 is the recommended Java installer. Refer to respective INS Manuals for the user guide.
Orientus Firmware
Version 5.6
27 Jul 2021
The latest firmware for version 3.0 and later Orientus hardware. This can be loaded onto Orientus using the Orientus Manager software.
Version 1.5
25 May 2018
The latest firmware for pre-version 3.0 Orientus hardware. This can be loaded onto Orientus using the Orientus Manager software.
Orientus SDK
Version 7.3
28 Aug 2024
The Orientus SDK provides example source code for interfacing with Orientus through the AN Packet Protocol. The languages provided are C/C++, Java, and .Net C#.