wind vane

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I've designed with autodesk fusion 360 an anemometer that I would like to use. It is attached to the mast of my sail-bot. It is based on two main hardware parts: The GY-87 IMU the 12.4mm 300Rpm 6 Wires 6 Conductors Capsule Slip Ring 240V AC for Monitor Robotic SRC012C I didn't know about the existence of the second one, it is a very useful piece that allows to connect electric wires from two rotating components. Both of them can be found for a few dollars on the web. The IMU will provide the wind heading and is placed in the anemometer rotating part while the second one will be placed between the rotating part of the anemometer and the base. I'm wondering if to add a dc motor a the front extremity of the "arrow" in order to get some more electricity, probably in the next log I will add it :) If you are interested in my project of an autonomous sailboat visit my project page on Hackaday :)https://hackaday.io/project/10652-green-powered-sailboat Overview and Background