Best gyro for frc.

[stufflikethat]

I have been looking into different gyros online for an offseason project and am not sure which one to go with. The applications will be at least as demanding as FRC if not a good bit more. This means we would like minimal drift and for it to remain accurate under high acceleration.

Anyways could any teams who use gyros in their robot tell me which gyro they used and if they recommend it. (Shoutout to 1717 and 16, you all probably have good gyros for your swerve, it would be greatly appreciated info)

[connor.worley]

1538 had very good results with Analog Devices gyros.

[RyanCahoon]

I used a ADXRS453 for the NASA Sample Return Challenge this year and was impressed with the performance for the cost.

[Mike Bortfeldt]

I had a opportunity to test several different gyros (from two different manufacturers) on an FRC robot for a personal project and like the others, I would recommend the Analog Devices gyros. The one I am currently using is the ADXRS450 (similar to the ADXRS453 above - except without the internal temperature compensation) and it works well. If price isn't an issue, higher quality gyros are available with some excellent specs, however they typically run more than $1000.

Mike

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by RyanCahoon

I used a ADXRS453 for the NASA Sample Return Challenge this year and was impressed with the performance for the cost.

We've been using that gyro as well, and it works incredibly well. Very low drift, very low acceleration -> yaw coupling.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

We've been using that gyro as well, and it works incredibly well. Very low drift, very low acceleration -> yaw coupling.

2 years in on the same gyro for us, I wish we had used it with our swerve in 2012!

[Breakaway3937]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

2 years in on the same gyro for us, I wish we had used it with our swerve in 2012!

Hey Adam,

I noticed that the pin out on these gyros are different from the KOP sensor board. How would you interface these with the control system we have with FIRST. I know you have to set up a SPI connection with SCLK, CS, MOSI, MISO, I just have no background with this.

EDIT: Found it. For anyone who wishes to know how to wire the ADXRS453. It is just like the accelerometer. You will take the SCLK, CS, MOSI, MISO to the DIO pins 1-4, doesn't matter really what order, and can power it from the 5V or Ground located below the DIO pin 1 location. Thanks all and hope this helps someone else out.

[seg9585]

I assume you use the SPIDevice class in Java (for example)? If so, can someone with experience using the ADXRS453Z provide feedback on the correct bit order, clock polarity, clock rate, and frame modes?

Any sample code you code provide would be helpful, which could help avoid hours of troubleshooting.

[scottandme]

This guy if you don't want to use SPI:

EVAL-ADXRS642Z - about $75 from mouser, digikey, etc

http://www.analog.com/en/mems-sensor...s/product.html

[AdamHeard]

Austin Schuh is really the best to answer those questions here.

Colin Wilson (254>973>254) made ours, and could also answer but he's less active on here.

[AustinSchuh]

This is on my over-booked TODO list...

We had a co-processor reading it last year. We are putting together a board right now to interface one with the roboRIO. We'll be releasing our beta test code closer to the start of the season. I expect that we should be able to interface with it over SPI.

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

This is on my over-booked TODO list...

We had a co-processor reading it last year. We are putting together a board right now to interface one with the roboRIO. We'll be releasing our beta test code closer to the start of the season. I expect that we should be able to interface with it over SPI.

Austin,

Do you expect any differences between integrating on your co-processor and integrating with the accumulator in the FPGA, in particular with integral error and drift? What was the SPI bus clock speed/integral dt on your co-processor? Do you happen to know the SPI frequency on the roboRIO? (I think I saw 4MHz in a myRIO document...)

Thanks,
Aren

[seg9585]

Originally Posted by scottandme

This guy if you don't want to use SPI:

EVAL-ADXRS642Z - about $75 from mouser, digikey, etc

http://www.analog.com/en/mems-sensor...s/product.html

How reliable is this gyro as an analog voltage output? The gyro on the ADXL345 (FIRST Choice, etc) simply didn't work for us, it had way too much drift to be useful. A typical 2-minute match resulted in >45 degrees of drift! Because of this, I've become skeptical of analog sensors requiring integration for attitude/position calculation (too much noise on the A2D probably led to these problems)

[Mk.32]

Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

We've been using that gyro as well, and it works incredibly well. Very low drift, very low acceleration -> yaw coupling.

Is there a place to get an pre-made IMU for this gyro? Quick googling doesn't seem to bring up anything state side.

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by Mk.32

Is there a place to get an pre-made IMU for this gyro? Quick googling doesn't seem to bring up anything state side.

The part # for the evaluation board is : EVAL-ADXRS453Z

Mouser and digikey sell these.

Never actually used this but I had it bookmarked to buy eventually.