Analogic Vibration Sensor for the Pixhawk 2.4.8

maybe i’m not in the good group!

for a pixhawk 2.4.8, I bought an analogic vibration sensor VIB01 Analog vibration sensor | Joy-IT

My question is: how to connect to the pixhawk?

Solution 1: with ADC 3.3 connector?

MP configuration is described here: Temperature Sensors — Copter documentation

Solution 2: I put an Arduino between the Sensor and the Pixhawk

Thanks for your help

You could say what the vibration sensor will be used for.
The flight controller has built in vibration sensors = accelerometers!

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Hello xfacta, here is the vibration sensor: Buy Joy-it SEN-VIB01 Vibration sensor 1 pc(s) | Conrad Electronic

–> I want to put one close to each motor to study vibration on each motor and put an alert if there is a mystake

You would definitely need an arduino or similar to process those sensors.
A Pixhawk doesn’t have enough spare analog inputs.

It sounds like a noble cause - I guess you could be comparing motors or brands or even props.
Or just doing this for the information, which is cool.
What sort of frame do you have?

If the exercise is to detect motor failure during normal flight, then the added weight and complexity of these devices may be excessive. The ordinary process of balancing props, checking motors periodically and checking logs for increased vibrations will tell you if anything is going wrong.
I’ve got motors with noisy, loose bearings that are still flying without excessive vibrations and they’ve got to be well over ten years old. That copter is a QuadX8 so there is some chance it can save itself if a motor fails, unlike a quad.

Thanks sfacta for your reply :wink:

We have a drone with 4 motors

I already initiate a discussion to understand how to put in place temperature sensor I2C but I don’t find the good temperature name in Mission Planner: https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/which-firmware-should-be-used-on-a-pixhawk-2-4-8/142386

For the vibration sensor connection the pixwauk–>i have to study different solution explained here: arduino to connect to the pixhawk - Google Search

–>this example seems interesting: Sonar L04xMTW / GL04xMT — Copter documentation

did you already use an arduino with the Pixhawk?