I have a question on connectons

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

http://www.robotshop.com/SFE-Single-...LISY300AL.html

or

http://www.robotshop.com/sfe-single-...lisy300al.html


LOL Sorry I am a total noob at this, Im a prgrammer, never really had to do this stuff, can't find anything online.

Definitely the breakout board. You don't want to mess with trying to solder that chip. The breakout will be much easier to solder to and has the bonus of a built in low pass filter.

However. FRC analog and digital breakouts have 5V power outputs and that chip runs on 3.3V.

I just glanced through the various boards on that site and this one may meet your needs better if you are using FRC components:
http://www.robotshop.com/sfe-gyro-br...ree-sec-1.html

The board I linked has integrated low pass filters as well as an integrated voltage regulator which allows you to feed it 5V straight from an FRC analog breakout board. It also has an extra axis, just in case you decide it's useful. The one thing to note is that it sense rotation in X and Y so I believe it needs to mount in a different orientation than the KOP gyro (perpendicular to) to sense yaw.

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

I just glanced through the various boards on that site and this one may meet your needs better if you are using FRC components:
http://www.robotshop.com/sfe-gyro-br...ree-sec-1.html

I looked at the site too and this one is most like the KOP Gyro (although it is 300 deg/s as opposed to 250 deg/s KOP)
http://www.robotshop.com/sfe-gyro-br...300-sec-1.html

Note that the wires for 5V (red) and gnd (black) need to be swapped on a standard PWM cable

My team makes our own out of Analog Devices Evaluation Board Gyros, but we have been doing that for many years (started when the KOP gyros were not very good), and I wouldn't recommend starting that practice now. I recommend the KOP gyro (which are good Analog Devices chips now). It is easy to wire, already works with the Gyro Class (sensitivity is set) and you get a new one in the KOP every year .