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From: ac343@rgfn.epcc.edu (Michael S. Miner)
Subject: Re: 0.1 degree heading sensor
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Todd Jochem (tjochem@ius4.ius.cs.cmu.edu) wrote:
: I'm looking for an absolute heading sensor with a resolution of 0.1 degrees. 
: Gyration has some with a resolution of 0.2, but that is at the upper limit of 
: our application needs. I'd also be interested in hearing any comments about
: heading rate sensors. (F.Y.I. The application needs to be able to detect
:differing turn radii of a vehicle. We cannot directly instrument the vehicle so
: we want to use a heading sensor to infer the turn radius.)

	You might try using two sensors at different resolutions any then
make a digital 'vernier' type comparison.

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Michael S. Miner                         ac343@rgfn.epcc.edu
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