A beginner’s guide to accelerometers

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A beginner’s guide to accelerometers

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Looking to get started with adding accelerometers to your projects? Here’s a handy guide – “An accelerometer can help your project understand its surroundings better. Is it driving uphill? Is it going to fall over when it takes another step? Is it flying horizontally or is it dive bombing your professor? A good programmer can write code to answer all of these questions using the data provided by an accelerometer. An accelerometer can help analyze problems in a car engine using vibration testing, or you could even use one to make a musical instrument. “Link.

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