ADXRS300 gyro with BS2px

Technic-R-C

Hello

I am trying to get an ADXRS300 gyro from sparkfun electronics to work with the Parallax BS2px stamp.· Can anyone provide some help with the wiring and a bit of code that can get me started.· All i want is to get the amount of spin the gyro reads and print it on the debug screen...

As for the wiring i think that it is as follows
GND - ground VSS
5V - VDD
Rate - an I/O pin
TEMP, 2.5V, ST1, ST2 ports - i dont believe these are needed but i might be wrong....

heres the datasheet

Thanks

Technic-R-C

sylvie369

From the datasheet:

The output signal, RATEOUT (1B, 2A), is a voltage proportional
to angular rate about the axis normal to the top surface of the
package

It outputs an analog signal, so you're going to need to do analog-to-digital conversion. Were it me, I'd use one of the ADC chips like this one

www.parallax.com/Store/Components/IntegratedCircuits/InterfacingChips/tabid/613/CategoryID/78/List/0/SortField/0/Level/a/ProductID/245/Default.aspx

which is cheap ($6) and well documented in various Parallax publications.