SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-18T22:53:28-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #705931 on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)Customer #705931urn:uuid:8525b598-a636-042d-6039-e8499c6226c62015-08-03T21:48:34-06:00<p>I got this board from Digikey in recent weeks, now I see the chip is listed as obsolete by both Digikey and Mouser, though Digikey still has some of these breakout boards in stock. I expect this board to be listed as Retired soon.</p>
Customer #557234 on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)Customer #557234urn:uuid:dad2f567-7155-625e-4527-1f8b305a26f42014-05-24T07:57:40-06:00<p>Hi, i don't understand wich kind of output signal the sensor Give me ( frequency, voltage, milliAmps) proportional to angular speed. I'd like to manage gyro with an industrial PLC using its analog interface.. Someone had experience about? Many thanks</p>
Customer #477434 on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)Customer #477434urn:uuid:45c0ce19-8ddb-bfab-13d9-0653ecf7eace2013-10-10T17:13:24-06:00<p>Hello! I want to implement a sensor on a wheelchair to determine the inclination angle and thus control the power in the motors of the wheelchair. So that, if the surface on which the chair is moved is a climb, the power in the motors must increase, or if the surface is a slope, then the power in the motors must decrease. I don't know if to use an accelerometer or a gyroscope better. Can you help me with this, please?</p>
JerZ on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)JerZurn:uuid:4a96f270-3802-6be4-a69c-bb9dc25241ae2013-04-05T23:07:41-06:00<p>Keep in mind this gyro has a 30degree/sec max range. So if you spin it 90degrees and it takes you less than 3 seconds to do it, the sensor can't keep up.</p>
Customer #425013 on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)Customer #425013urn:uuid:9bb00aff-ab38-e750-d24b-7f60bddf057c2013-04-02T14:18:48-06:00<p>Is there any example code for this? I really don't know where to start.<p>I'm looking to determine when our robot has rotated 90 degrees.</p></p>
Customer #332524 on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)Customer #332524urn:uuid:f27de8f8-6fa6-842c-6497-3318fbde93ae2012-10-04T11:54:12-06:00<p>I also like to learn this most practical way.
But I bought this gyro and monitoring its voltage through an AD converter and an oscilloscope. Realize that it has the output of any one of its bases has varied strangely. When I submit it to an angular velocity (using hands) its voltage rises (so far so good), but when I start to slow down even stop it, its voltage falls below the reference voltage (1.23V ) for a few seconds ... falling to about 1.1V for example, and will return to the reference voltage slowly as if a slight speed in the opposite direction. I believe there must be a problem because if the gyro stopped this he should have a voltage equal to the reference voltage, and also it should only provide a voltage below the reference voltage if I rotate in the opposite direction, am I right? I thank anyone who can help me.</p>
AdrianJ on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)AdrianJurn:uuid:a4a461f2-8d99-bf17-014e-0dd3c90777a92012-07-11T20:30:58-06:00<p>Of course, but in fact you only need to set the gyro pitch axis across the plank, then the gyro pitch axis becomes the plank roll axis. Easy.</p>
petewsh61 on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)petewsh61urn:uuid:c5992fc7-91d9-57cf-608d-8dbba43e67382012-06-30T15:38:09-06:00<p>Can you take a gyroscope that measures only pitch and yaw, and turn the board on one side to measure roll? Seems too simple to be true. I want to measure how much a plank lying on a substrate is tilted onto either lengthwise edge.</p>
Kevin Vermeer on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)Kevin Vermeerurn:uuid:2c5ad1e7-43e4-c9f0-81ea-0b67ca9b8d752012-06-27T13:52:45-06:00<p>What incoherent data are you getting? You should see values that change when you twist the part about the axes indicated on the silkscreen.<p>This is an analog part, so you can probably get some useful information about what you should be seeing simply by hooking it up to an oscilloscope and waving it around a bit.</p><p>In the absence of an oscilloscope, print the value of the ADC reading over the serial connection at, say, 10 Hz, and wave it around.</p><p>I find that actually watching the output with this sort of instant feedback gives me a much quicker familiarity with the device than an hour of reading the datasheet, appnotes, and schematic. Of course, reading is required later, but to get a quick understanding of whether or not it's working there's nothing like immediate feedback.</p></p>
Ninjafish01 on SEN-11341 - SparkFun Gyro Breakout - LPY503AL (Dual 30°/s)Ninjafish01urn:uuid:8094afa4-5141-3c16-3a84-ec2f11f8399f2012-06-25T20:47:16-06:00<p>Does anyone have any insight into how to get this board to give you coherent data with an arduino? I have three sketches, one of which is from the arduino library, that attempt to take info from the gyro over serial. I can't get any meaningful data, either that or I'm simply not inturpretting it correctly. Any help would be great, thanks.</p>