

Gyro/Stable Platform
Introduce rotational dynamics concepts
The Gyro/Stable Platform module is ideal to introduce rotational dynamics principles. You can use it to demonstrate real-world control challenges such as those encountered in control and guidance of sea vessels, aircraft and submarines or in satellite navigation.
The Gyro/Stable Platform module attaches to the Rotary Servo Base Unit.
Learn More- Gyro/Stable Platform module easily attaches to the Rotary Servo Base Unit
- Rotary Servo Base Unit mounted on a rotatable two-plate structure to simulate disturbance
- Large inertial disc is actuated by a DC motor
- High-resolution encoder measures the disc tilt angle
Modeling Topics
- First-principles derivation
- Transfer function representation
Control Topics
- Observer design
- PID
The following additional components are required to complete your workstation, and are sold separately:
Rotary Servo Base Unit with Gyro/Stable Platform module
Quanser VoltPAQ-X1
MATLAB Simulink
- QUARC® add-on for MATLAB®/Simulink®
- Quanser Q2-USB, Q8-USB, QPID/QPIDe
LabVIEW
- Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) Toolkit® add-on for NI LabVIEW™
- NI CompactRIO with Quanser Q1-cRIO or
- NI myRIO with Quanser myRIO Terminal Board
For Simulink
- QUARC® add-on for MATLAB®/Simulink®
- Rotary Servo Base Unit
- Quanser VoltPAQ-X1 linear voltage amplifier
- One of the following DAQ devices:
- Quanser Q2-USB
- Quanser Q8-USB
- Quanser QPIDe
For LabVIEW
- Quanser Rapid Control Prototyping (Q-RCP) Toolkit® add-on for NI LabVIEW™
- Rotary Servo Base Unit
- Quanser VoltPAQ-X1 linear voltage amplifier
- One of the following DAQ devices:
- NI CompactRIO with Quanser Q1-cRIO
- NI myRIO with Quanser Terminal Board
- Quanser Q2-USB
- Quanser Q8-USB
- Quanser QPIDe
Product Details
Motor current-torque constant | 0.02 N.m/A |
Motor armature resistance | 5.3 Ω |
Motor armature inductance | 0.580 mH |
Motor nominal input voltage | 12 V |
Armature inertia | 1.4 x 10-6 kg.m² |
Operating current | 0.23 A |
Flywheel radius | 0.0508 m |
Flywheel mass | 0.8 kg |
Flywheel inertia about spin axis | 1.0323 kg.m² |
Gyro module inertia about input axis | 0.002 kg.m² |
Spring stiffness | 1.9089 x 10³ N/m |