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Originally Posted by scottm87
Just a heads up... You cant use the gyro from last years kit (very clear... see the QA id's #341, 346, 190). Therefore, you have to use a different one under the custom electronics pricing. The only real viable option is the ADXRS series from Analog Devices, and if you need more then 150 deg/sec, then it will get much harder (the Evaluation Board version of the 300 deg/sec model is just barely over the price limit... you will need to mount 300 deg/sec yourself). Nobody made it very clear in the previous posts, and I didnt know what gyro you were using to begin with.
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The ADXRS150EB and 300 are available as samples from
http://www.analog.com, the manufacture. It doesn't matter where you get them from as long as they are "available" from an allowed distributer.
Also, pay attention to the spec sheet for those devices. You
can extend the 150's range up to 4x - that is 600 deg/sec. My team has found the 150/sec adequate for even vigorous spins (i.e. bouncing off things).