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INS gyro alternative or enhancement

Started by blackmangoes July 14, 2005
Have you investigated the Analog Devices AD22151G?

In article <pNWdnfZVrcQV_UXfRVn-2w@rcn.net>, Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: > > ... > >> There is also a piezoelectric based gyro that works using the coriolis >> force. A piezo crystal vibrates in one axis, say X, and a piezo >> detector detects vibrations in the Y direction. If the device rotates >> around the Z axis the path won't be pure X anymore, with a Y component >> proportional to the rotation rate, and relative phase depending on the >> direction of rotation. It is likely that some drift will need to be >> nulled out if the two aren't exactly perpendicular. I have heard that >> this one is used in car navigation systems with GPS correction. > >Presumably, that's how a housefly's halteres work. The analogy is >complete if you consider nerve impulses generated by pressure to be >piezoelectric in origin. > >Jerry