Thread: Gyro Wiring?
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Re: Gyro Wiring?

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Originally Posted by Mike AA View Post
The gyro needs to hook up using a 3 wire "pwm cable". Solder either the pins of the pwm cable or a 3pin female header (don't know where to get them right off hand). The outer edge is negative (black wire), you don't need to hook up both sets just the outer set that says "gyro". The female end goes to the digital I/O default is port#1 if you have it hooked up for use on the default driverstation diaplay.
No..the gyro goes to the ANALOG I/O Module on the CRio...make sure you set the sensitivity to .007 V Deg/sec