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Re: Inertial navigation systems

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Originally Posted by shsdragon
wut are yaw switches
A Yaw Rate Sensor is an angular rate sensor -- it returns a voltage propotional to the rate of rotation of the sensor.

They are pricey ($100 for one from Analog Devices -- ADXRS150 -- mounted on an evaluation PCB -- the chip has a ball grid array interface which is not that easy to use for most teams), but they can be very useful.

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