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Midget Gyration gyros: food for thought

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Midget Gyration gyros: food for thought

By SOI_Sentinel
-  Sun May 15, 2005 10:52 am #5012
This actually isn't a new product idea, just something I ran across :)

Most people are aware of the Gyration Gyromice. They have macro-engineered 2 axis gyros inside in a 1 cubic inch metal cube. I have several here for use in low G projects. I just visited their site for the first time in many months and all the datasheets have disappeared. Instead, they have a new gyro up!

http://www.gyration.com/us/tech/technology.htm

It's still a macro-gyro, not MEMS, but it hits 500 degrees/s, and runs everything over I2C via a 10/16bit ADC. Pretty spiffy.

By Pete-O
-  Mon May 16, 2005 6:10 am #5029
Looks neato. They say it's "low cost", but they don't give any numbers. Hmm...

By SOI_Sentinel
-  Mon May 16, 2005 8:52 pm #5046
Who knows. The original units I have sitting around hit their mechanical stops at any constant acceleration above 3G. The pricing was also $100 in single units. These, who knows, but I hope the design's improved. As I was looking for something that could handle 10+G's of acceleration (rocketry, etc), they're only a toy for me.
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By sparky
-  Tue May 17, 2005 6:53 am #5068
:shock: Neat stuff! Dual axis no less.

-Nathan
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