Gyroscopes
Motion Sensor Headed to the DS
Submitted by nestorb on Mon, 2006-12-11 16:28. Homebrew peripheral grants DS gyroscopic technology. DSpassMe has apparently started taking pre-orders for a DS motion card that includes a "3-axis accelerometer and a single-axis gyroscope." The device is scheduled to ship around January 1st of next year.
Motion Sensor Headed to the DS; Homebrew peripheral grants DS gyroscopic technology.
Submitted by nestorb on Mon, 2006-12-11 10:27. Being that the product is not an internally-developed product from Nintendo, fans hoping to see a DS title utilizing a motion sensor shouldn't get too excited just yet. There will be no official Nintendo DS titles released that will include motion sensing support until Nintendo creates a device of their own...
Nintendo DS wants to grow up to be like Wii
Submitted by nestorb on Sun, 2006-12-10 12:50. DS Motion Card unique plug-in is a revolutionary motion sensor which is compatible with both Nintendo DS and DS Lite handheld consoles. It comes with a 3-axis accelerometer and gyroscope combination that aims to bring handheld gaming to the next level
Northrop Grumman Inertial Measurement Unit Selected for Sikorsky BLACK HAWK Fly-by-Wire Upgrade Program
Submitted by nestorb on Sat, 2006-12-02 17:33. The new unit uses the LN-200 inertial measurement unit that is currently in operation on U.S. Army BLACK HAWK helicopters and is also deployed in many other applications across a wide variety of military platforms. The estimated mean time between failures for the LN-200 exceeds 19,000 hours, surpassing the reliability offered by ring laser gyroscope-based inertial measurement units.
BAE SYSTEMS to Upgrade U.S. Navy Seahawks to Improve Reliability
Submitted by nestorb on Sun, 2006-11-12 23:18. The R-AHRS replaces spinning-mass gyros and magnetic sensors with ring-laser gyros and other solid-state technology to increase reliability and availability and improve the accuracy of aircraft instruments. The system provides aircraft pitch, roll, and yaw information and uses a three-axis magnetic azimuth detector to derive aircraft heading.
MEMS yaw rate sensor
Submitted by nestorb on Wed, 2006-06-14 15:48. Vibrating Structure Gyros use a tiny vibrating silicon ring to detect angular velocity through the Coriolis Effect. The use of digital rather than analogue closed loop control of ring vibration amplitude and frequency enhances integrity, accuracy and reliability...
MEMS gyro is made for industrial application
Submitted by nestorb on Tue, 2006-06-13 17:59. A low power, highly programmable gyroscope contains all of the embedded calibration, tuning, and control functionality required to detect the rate at which a system is rotating.
Hubble telescope: Should it be scrapped?
Submitted by nestorb on Sun, 2006-06-11 22:41. Hubble telescope needs its batteries and gyroscopes to be replaced immediately. If the replacements are not provided till the end of 2005, then Hubble will not be able to work beyond 2007. The repairs would let the telescope send fantastic images to earth till 2011...
Analog - First programmable MEMs gyroscope heralds low-cost solutions
Submitted by nestorb on Sat, 2006-06-10 21:52. The single-component solution, which leverages the company's iMEMS Motion Signal Processing technology, requires less than half the design space of existing multi-component discrete solutions, but offers more advanced control functionality. Using the iSensor gyroscope, designers of industrial applications...
ADI MEMS gyroscope offers single chip design
Submitted by nestorb on Fri, 2006-06-09 17:17. the ADIS16250 gyroscope builds on the ADIS1620x family of iSensor accelerometers that was announced in October 2005. The ADIS16250 is the first MEMS gyroscope to provide both digital range scaling and embedded programmability, eliminating a significant barrier to integrating gyroscopes into industrial systems. ..
