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Re: Best gyro for frc.

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Originally Posted by RyanCahoon View Post
Unless you're designing your own PCB, you probably want to just get an evaluation board - EVAL-ADXRS453Z. The SPI interface pins are broken-out to through-hole contacts that are easy to solder to.

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And you'll have 6 wires in total (labeled on the breakout board): PDD, GND, CS, MISO, MOSI,CLK (Pdd = 3.3-5V). CS is held low during read/write operations, and the other pins are wired to the SPI interface on the roboRio (or Arduino, or cRio)
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