Programming Gyros

[AdmiralPaddon]

Originally posted by Caleb Fulton
If you're still interested in it, you can do this relatively easily with a plain old basic stamp, a resistor, and a capacitor... I could help you out if you are still wanting to do it.

Sure. Please send me a picture or diagram.

What I want the device to do is auto-balance a platform. I have a platform with the gyro bolted onto the bottom of the platform, and a servo motor can cause the platform to rotate around the axis that the gyro detects. I'll try to get a picture of it posted on Monday.

[Caleb Fulton]

I'll try to make an ascii diagram of what might be something you could use (note: this is VERY, VERY rough, and I am not sure that it would work):




The program segment for this would be:

Gyro VAR word
high 1
pause 1
low 1
rctime 2,1,Gyro


And Gyro would be a reading that you could monitor and play with to see what tilt rate corresponds to what value, and your servo can adjust from there. It would be simpler than using an AD converter, but it would not be as accurate. This is just the ignorant way that I would try to do it

[AdmiralPaddon]

What are the specifications on the transistors shown in te circuit? I see that one's a PNP and the other is a NPN, but will any work? Will I need to hook up transformers to get them to work? Thanks.

[AdmiralPaddon]

Hey. Can I get the specs on those transistors? I guess I'll buy regular PNP and NPN transistors, and see if those work. I'll let you guys know.