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Understanding Accelerometer Data

Posted March 7, 2008 by Chris

One of the newest technologies to hit the commercial market is the accelerometer sensor. It’s in cell phones, the Wiimote and many other consumer products. They’re cheap, accurate & have a decent response time. This article goes over what it is, how to use it & how to understand the data using an AVR microcontroller.

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