Educational Resonator Gyro System Driven by Electro-Magnetic Force and Systems Engineering Process for Design

Abstract

This paper introduces a test system for resonator gyros for education. Two major purposes are to study the phenonmena of resonator gyros and to apply the systems engineering process for development. Resonator gyros have rich sources for engineering education: the Coriolis effect, resonating structures, vibrating mechanism, control algorithm, navigation, and so on. For the reasons, we have designed a resonator gyro system. We also have applied the systems engineering process for design: operational and system requirements are developed and those requirements derive architectural designs. A simulation program is coded by the LabVIEW to study the behaviors of resonator gyros.