EVAL-ADXRS624Z

The EVAL-ADXRS624Z is a simple evaluation board that allows quick evaluation of the performance of the ADXRS624 ±50°/sec yaw rate gyro. The analog and power grounds (AGND and PGND) have separate power planes in this evaluation board to accommodate application specific grounding schemes. If the user requires only a single ground plane, these nodes can be shorted together. Both AGND and PGND must be grounded for the evaluation board to operate properly. The ADXRS624 is a complete angular rate sensor (gyroscope) that uses the ADI's surface micromachining process to create a functionally complete and low cost angular rate sensor integrated with all required electronics on one chip. The manufacturing technique for this device is the same high volume BiMOS process used for high reliability automotive airbag accelerometers. The output signal, RATEOUT (1B, 2A), is a voltage proportional to angular rate about the axis normal to the top surface of the package.