Gyro sensor for VEX

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schuetze

I am an FRC team founder working with some college students to compete in the VEX College Challenge coming up at the end of this month. Robots are coming together and they are starting to focus on autonomous functionality.

I don't see a gyro sensor on the VEXRobotics website and I am wondering if anybody has used a third party sensor with VEX in the past. I am going to have look over the robot rules to ensure that such third party electronics are allowed so go easy on the flames if this post is moot due to rules violations. I'd still be interested in finding out if gyro chips have been used with the VEX system.

Thanks,

APS

Find out about the rules. If they allow it, I have some good news for you, I have had a FRC KOP Gyro and a 300 deg/sec Gyro from Sparkfun on my Vex. It was actually used to prototype and troubleshoot our navigation code in 2008.
I got the code for using a gyro by taking Kevin Watson's Gyro code and modifying it into the Vex software architecture. It's quite simple to do, it just takes a little reading of his "readme" files and his .h and .c files and understanding what he was doing.

In fact, I might still have the file somewhere on an old laptop. I would be more than willing to share it with you if you need it. Just send me a PM and I'll get you hooked up.