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single-axis gyroscope

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single-axis gyroscope [′siŋ·gəl ¦ak·səs ′jī·rə‚skōp]
(engineering)
A gyroscope suspended in just one gimbal whose bearings form its output axis; an example is a rate gyroscope.


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Competing single-axis gyroscopes typically require a daughter board to be mounted perpendicular to the main PND circuit board since they measure only the Z-axis plane.
One approach is to combine a three-axis accelerometer and three single-axis gyroscope devices.
 
 
 
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