ANNOUNCEMENT: Analog Devices FIRST Sensor Donation

[Peter Johnson]

Originally Posted by chadr03

Is there a cable that can be used to extend the accel and gyro away from the roborio? We would like to use this, but our design has the rio in a vertical orientation and it would be a challenge to move. If we had a cable that would allow us to position the gyro as needed that would be great.

I just have not been abe to find any kind of a 8 pin SPI cable online, but I'm probably just not looking for the right thing.

The connector is a 10 pin 0.1" pitch IDC ribbon connector, and you need 0.05" pitch 10 conductor ribbon cable. Look at DigiKey parts ED10500-ND (female connector), MPK10K-ND (male connector), and AE10G-5-ND (5' ribbon cable). Even easier, DigiKey also sells premade assemblies such as H3AWH-1018G-ND (1.5') and H3AWH-1036G-ND (3.0').

Also worth noting is the fact the sensor is a 3-axis one, so you could vertically mount it (if it's rigidly mounted and actually vertical) and just read different axes.