maxlynn wrote:
| Well, it IS pretty close to correct. An accelerometer measures exactly
what
| its name implies - acceleration. And 99% of the time the name implies
| linear acceleration. So if you integrate that once, you have velocity.
But
| nowhere in this process do you get pitch, roll, azimuth, or any other
| angular measurement. In order to get angular measurement, you need either
a
| pendulum, or some sort of gyro-stabilized platform.
|

All I can suggest is to go to the AMD web site and get the data sheets and
app notes and find out how the ADXL line of accelerometers work!

HTH

Vic

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