[sdiy] gyro controller

[The Old Crow]

  Were they Murata ENC-03M types?  Usually these are mounted at 
right-angles to each other for X and Y axes.  They need a simple 
filter/buffer amp circuit externally, but otherwise they work quite 
nicely.  If you add in a yaw gyro for the Z-axis, you have a spatial 
controller.  Analog Devices makes the ADXSR300 for this.

Crow
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>   From: anthony 
>   To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
>   Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 1:29 AM
>   Subject: [sdiy] gyro controller
> 
> 
>   So the other day I decided to actually bust open the broken camcorder
>   that my girflriend gave to me. (Salt spray. Bummer.)
>   I noticed some weird little things antiparallel to each other that say
> muRata on them. And I started to remember - yes - this was one of those
> camcorders that cancels out the shakes. Hmmm... So I looked them up - I
> think they were called piezoelectric gyroscope transducers. A tranducer
> element vibrates and outputs a voltage in relation to coriolis effect or
> something liek that.
> 
>   Well I immediately had a cool idea for them: I'd make a two axis- CV
>   controller like one might make out of a joystick.
>   Perfect for the kind of stuff I build (I have all kinds of VST stuff
> for regular music - I make ambient noise things with my electronics
> parts.)
> 
>   The circuit is really easy. I'll let you guys knwo my results when I
> get it done.