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From: nahshon@dan.haifa.ibm.com (Itai Nahshon)
Subject: Re: Gyro on a chip?
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In article <2pse42$8q9@unix1.cc.uop.edu> rkyker@vms1.cc.uop.edu writes:

   I hear some company makes a Gyro on a chip. Anybody know anything about
   this?

   Ron

Radio Controlled helicopters are using rate gyros for rudder control.
Lately some firms came up with solid state gyros to replace the
older mechanical gyros.
The solid state gyros are certainly not "on a chip". The external
physical dimensions are about the same as the mechanical gyros.
The adds in RC magazines say they are more sensitive and more
accurate.
If there is a "gyro on a chip" I would certainly like to hear about
it.

Itai Nahshon
Haifa, Israel
nahshon@vnet.ibm.com
