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| (...) Stop eating for just a sec, and help me understand this. If a sensor (accelerometer) is parallel to the earth's surface, the reading should be zero, right? (no acceleration due to gravity) But, if the object holding the sensor begins to fall (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Steve, The accelerometer is actually a micromachined beam. Think of a miniature version of your arm holding a 5 lb brick. Your measurement axis is rotation about the shoulder joint. Whether or not you or the brick are moving, the brick is (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Re: Detecting tilt with an Accelerometer.
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| (...) No acceleration along the sensed axis, yes. (...) At this point, we need to know the type of sensor you're using (is it a pendulum type sensor, or a linear compression sensor, or gyroscopic precession sensor, or something even stranger?), and (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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