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Re: ADXRS450 Gyro

I think you would be happier using an encoder or a potentiometer to measure the arm angle. The gyro reported angle measurements have quite a bit of drift to them.
I don't recall offhand but I believe the SPI port of the RoboRio uses something like eight or ten pins to connect. A single PWM cable will only connect three of them.