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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: simplistik on November 04, 2011, 10:43:53 AM
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I'm looking for a Sabertooth 2x25 compatible Gyro to correct over-steering in my robot, unfortunately after many emails over a few months I have yet to get a response from D.E.
I'm running 24vdc to the sabertooth in an rc mode , if at all possible id like to be able to add a gyro without adding a microprocessor.Is there something that can sit between the receiver and sabertooth?
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I'm looking for a Sabertooth 2x25 compatible Gyro to correct over-steering in my robot, [...]
There's no such thing as Sabertooth 2x25 compatible Gyro.
I'm running 24vdc to the sabertooth in an rc mode , if at all possible id like to be able to add a gyro without adding a microprocessor.
Not possible, as there has to be something to interpret data provided by gyro.
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Actually technically I think you can use a gyro with a sabre-tooth speed controller without a microprocessor. If you use the gyros designed for R/C helicopters their output is actually a pulse width frequency. You can find them on Tower Hobbies and I have experimented with them. They are designed to change the speed of a helicopter tail rotor ESC through pulse width modulation to keep the helicopter pointing straight relative to a control direction that comes from a transmitter. So they take a PWM input and give a PWM output that is modified by the gyro. You could use that PWM output to control the speed of an ESC or even a mixing channel on a dual ESC.
I can't think of a way you could use that property to help control oversteer on a driven robot easily. So yeah, I think you would want a microprocessor.