Re: Gyros, Accelerometers, & Inclinometers

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From: Gregory D. Glosser
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:30

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In article <cer9kqu00iVgM2j9Rs@andrew.cmu.edu> ck3i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher Kristof) writes:
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>	Does anyone know of ANY sources for reasonably priced quartz gyros,
>accelerometers, and/or inclinometers?  So far I've only found one
>supplier of quartz gyros, and they wanted $1000+ dollars for one! (I'd
>need three of them to sense yaw, roll, and pitch.)
>	I plan to use the components in an electrically powered flying robot,
>so they need to be quite light.  I'd like to get information on any
>suppliers of the previously mentioned items, even if their products are
>not so light or reasonably priced.

Lucas NovaSensor sells 1"x1"x0.5" accelerometers for about $200 a piece.
I've used them and they are good, relatively noise free, but fairly
fragile.  Their address and phone # is:

	Lucas NovaSensor
	1055 Mission Court
	Fremont, CA 94539
	(510) 490-9100

Hope this helps.


Greg Glosser
Center for Automation and Intelligent Systems Research
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
gdg@r2d2.eeap.cwru.edu

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