>Murata makes their GyroStar line especially for cameras.  Turns out that at
>least one of the model heli gyros I examined doing research uses the exact
>same module (part number).  The app notes I was given by the Murata rep are
>for use in a camera.  I'm looking at a camera platform, though.

>I'm looking for another source, though.
>


Well, there's Systron Donner's Gyro Chip. I've heard say its better &
cheaper. Tooo expensive? I cant believe the price of gyros, and thier
scarcity. I wonder when Analog Devices, Motorola, or another sensor
manufacturer will produce a decent micro-machined gyro, similar to the ADXL
accelerometer's. I read article a few years back that said they're past due
by now.

I tried making my own piezo-gyro awhile back, glueing a resonant nail
segment to a $1 piezo disk, the electrodes of which I segmented to drive it
in its 2nd mode, around 8KHz. Found it was sensitive to angular momentum,
but unfortunatly, to minute temperature changes, any vibrations, or even a
subtle change in pressure on the thin copper wires and disk mounting-such as
touching the circuit board it was on. It even produced a chaotic vibration
mode as the adhesive failed. That was enough for me!