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  • Craig Palmer September 10, 2009 at 7:27am
    http://dataweek.co.za/news.aspx?pklNewsId=33493&pklCategoryID=44
  • Angus Peart September 3, 2009 at 10:08am
    Simon, the answer to that is simple, because it's cheap. When you build a $25 autopilot sometimes its price over function.
  • Kevin Hashawan September 3, 2009 at 3:00am
    I'm a little confused, did these only just get released? Because having seen them on both st.com and Mouser for the last few weeks I was under the impression they were already available... :X
  • Simon Kerr September 2, 2009 at 9:42pm
    Why is the new sparkfun Ardupilot IMU setup built around 3 LISY300AL's, all at 90degrees to each other, rather than, say a LISY300AL and either an dual axis IDG500 or one of these new STmicro offerings. Doing so would put all the chips on the same board, in the same plane. Is it because the LISY300AL has lower current draw or something? Will Jordi's announcement explain all? I'm sure there are valid reasons that outweigh the sweetness of a single board solution...
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    Randy September 2, 2009 at 6:48pm
    I agree with Angus that the picture is very misleading. The new packaging gets you pretty close in that you can mount 2 in the same plane so you don't have to have a weird 2nd tiny board sticking out at 90 degrees but still not quite as revolutionary as a single 3-axis gyroscope will be.
  • Matt September 1, 2009 at 8:48pm
    All we need now is a breakout board for easy prototyping.
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    crystal garris September 1, 2009 at 8:44am
    these look pretty cool even have 4x output and by the time you get done with your design they will be $2
  • Angus Peart September 1, 2009 at 8:25am
    I realise it is the same package, but to me that image is just misleading.
  • Ho-Chung Chang September 1, 2009 at 6:01am
    The same package, one is signal axis(yaw),another is dual axis(pitch and roll, or pitch and yaw). They are quite cheap, thanks Matt provides this information, I have ordered 3 sets (yaw + pitch&roll) few minutes age.
  • Angus Peart September 1, 2009 at 4:28am
    The picture shows a single gyro with 3 axis which is kind of misleading. Apparently there is only dual gyros.
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