Calibrating the gyro

[Alyssa Reiman]

This is my team's first year with using the gyro on the robot, and we are kinda stumped to what is going on.

We were looking at this thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33786&highlight=Calibrating+Gyro

but we are kinda confused about the two part code we need to have to calibrate the gyro.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Joe Ross]

In LabVIEW, all you should need to do is give the sensitivity of the gyro to the gyro open. For example, for the ADXRS610 gyro, the Datasheet (http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/ADXRS610.pdf) says that the sensitivity is 6 mv/degrees/sec. The gyro open expects the value in volts, so use the constant 0.006 v/degrees/sec.

You can use the example finder to see a simplified example of how to use the LabVIEW gyro code. The thread you referenced is for the old control system and doesn't really apply.