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Re: Tank Steering

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Originally Posted by Abrakadabra View Post
This is a very interesting idea, but does it really work? I always thought that the gyros (at least the ones we use) had to have a quiet "settling" period during initialization, otherwise their readings would be bogus. What am I missing?

P.S. - I'm also impressed at the amount of truly useful information that has appeared in this thread in just a couple of hours, as compared to some of the other ones that go on for days and weeks, and provide nothing of value (<cough> game hints </cough>)
You need a quiet settling period during gyro calibration, but if you already know the calibration data they can be power cycled pretty quickly.

How would turning off a gyro ever help, though? Integrated angular position from a gyro drifts over time, and power cycling will reset this drift, but then the gyro is "starting" at an unknown orientation.
 


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