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Unread 15-09-2014, 15:47
Jduffy Jduffy is offline
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Re: Best gyro for frc.

We tried to use an MPU6050 breakout and arduino last year, but combining everything fairly difficult, so we just bought a nav6 from kauai http://www.kauailabs.com/store/index...&product_id=50
They're $70, but designed to work with a cRio out of the box, and will probably work with an rRio with a serial cable. It worked over usb to my computer, and the new rio runs linux, so it should be fairly easy to set up.

We used it to make our swerve field-centric, and it only floats by a degree or two throughout the match, which is about as good as you'll get with a cheap chip gyro.

If you want to make your own, arduino and an MPU6050 is a good place to start, there are several good libraries and explanations to get you up and running fairly quickly.