What's the difference between tilt sensor and gyro sensor?

Gyroscope is an angular motion detection device that uses the moment-of-momentum sensitive shell of a high-speed rotating body to rotate around one or two axes orthogonal to the rotation axis relative to the inertial space. There are many kinds of gyroscopes, which can be divided into sensing gyroscopes and indicating gyroscopes according to their uses.

As horizontal, linear, pitch, heading and angular velocity sensors, sensing gyroscope is used in the automatic control system of flying body motion. Indicating gyroscope is mainly used to indicate the flight situation and is used as the appearance of driving and navigation.

2. Different functions

The inclination sensor measures the stopped inclination. Compared with the inclination sensor, the gyro measures the inclination of the moving side, but the measurement result of the static inclination is not accurate. Gyroscope is not a measuring device, but an auxiliary device, just like the barrel of a tank. In order to make the tank fire accurately during the trek, a gyroscope is installed in it to automatically control the viewpoint of the barrel.

3. Different applications

Inclination sensor is often used to measure the level of the system, which can be divided into three types according to the working principle: solid pendulum, liquid pendulum and gas pendulum. The tilt sensor can also be used to measure the tilt change with respect to the horizontal plane.

Gyroscope sensor was originally used in helicopter model, but now it has been widely used in mobile portable devices such as mobile phones. Moreover, modern gyroscope is an instrument that can accurately determine the orientation of moving objects, so gyroscope sensor is an essential control device in modern aviation, navigation, aerospace and national defense industries.

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