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Kathleen Walsh <[log in to unmask]>
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Kathleen Walsh <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Jan 2015 15:47:45 -0500
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I don't know if you can help me, but our team has recently purchased a
gyro.  We would like to discover how this sensor works, but the programming
folder on the EV3 programming pallet does not have a gyro sensor.  Can you
help?  Is there an update that I need to make?  Thanks for your help!

Team:  STARS

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Naren Botlaguduru <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> First of all thanks to this community for clarifying lot of questions.
> Great work.
>
> We are using Gyro sensor this year and understand about the Drift.
>
> We tried following but still Robot sometimes just spins....
>
> 1. Kids are resetting the sensor before every program and also couple of
> times in the program.
> 2. Compare is set to equal to rather than Greater than Equal to or Less
> than equal to as those both options didn't work for us.
> 3. We are also deducting some drift value to get right angle value.
> 4. Kids are using a very slow power to do the turns.
>
> But still the program that works one day is not working another day due to
> the Gyro sensor keeps on rotating sometimes. Kids are restarting the Robot
> when they see that but still not helping.
>
> Any tips and tricks to solve this will be a great help. Is there firmware
> or something that need to be done so that Gyro sensor doesn't give us that
> drift and gives perfect angle stop.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help with Gyro Sensor.
>
>
> --
>
> Thx
> Naren
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*Peace,*
*Kathleen Walsh, M.Ed.*


*Middle School TeacherSt. Thomas Aquinas Regional School*
2011 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

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