Angular measurement using MEMS digital gyroscope with PIC and LabVIEW interface for space applications

Author

Das, Ratan ; Mandsorwale, Aditya ; Antony, P.P. ; Warrier, R. G. Harikumar ; Kumar, B. Manoj

Author_Institution

BEID/SEIG/MVIT/VSSC/ISRO, Trivandrum, India

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1744

Lastpage

1747

Abstract

Gyroscopes are used in the navigation system of Launch Vehicles for estimating its instantaneous position on the trajectory path during flight. Similar low cost gyroscope devices can be used in sounding rockets also for estimating their spin rate, attitude etc. This paper explains the algorithm to extract angular rate over SPI interface from ADXRS450, which is a MEMS based gyroscope operating on resonator gyroscope principle. The sensor digital output will give the error free data even in noisy conditions. PIC microcontroller is used to read the data from the sensor and send to checkout. LabVIEW software running on the computer will extract and display the data from the serial port at real time.

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; angular measurement; gyroscopes; microcontrollers; microsensors; virtual instrumentation; ADXRS450; LabVIEW interface; LabVIEW software; MEMS digital gyroscope; PIC interface; PIC microcontroller; SPI interface; angular rate measurement; error free data; microelectro mechanical systems; resonator gyroscope; sensor digital output; space applications; Computers; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gyroscopes; Micromechanical devices; Ports (Computers); Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Angular measurement; Digital output gyroscope; LabVIEW; MEMS; PIC microcontroller; SPI; Space application;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mysore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2432-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACCI.2013.6637444

Filename

6637444