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RE: Detecting tilt with an Accelerometer.
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:01:49 GMT
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<rhempel@ANTISPAMbmts.com>
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> I've had discussions lately with a VERY large number of people about using an accelerometer to detect if an object (like
> a LegWay) is tilting.
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> I'd like to continue the discussion here, with anyone willing to talk about it.
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> Let me start by saying, "It won't work."
Let me chime in and say "It won't work"
Tilt detection is almost always done using a simple inclinometer. This
is just a weighted pendulum on a potentiometer or shaft encoder.
Now, that being said, could figure out that an object is rotating
about an axis using a piezo rate gyro, but now you are talking
huge dollars and an interface headache,
What about using a pendulum with some graded paper stck to it and
a conventional light sensor? That would get you the tilt sensing
you're looking for.
Cheers, Ralph
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 | | Re: Detecting tilt with an Accelerometer.
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| (...) it. (...) Umm... that is a type of accelerometer, unless there's a terminology difference that I'm not aware of. (Consider what happens to the sensor when pushed sideways (not on axis) without rotation... you get transient swings representing (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Detecting tilt with an Accelerometer.
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| I've had discussions lately with a VERY large number of people about using an accelerometer to detect if an object (like a LegWay) is tilting. I'd like to continue the discussion here, with anyone willing to talk about it. Let me start by saying, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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