Lesson 2: Accelerometers

Table of Contents

  1. Outline
    1. Activity possibilities
  2. Resources
    1. How accelerometers work
  3. Interesting links:

Outline

  • Go over accels and how they work. MEMs video?
    • Great one from engineerguy (who else!): https://youtu.be/KZVgKu6v808?t=52

  • Talk about ADXL335 (or ADXL345?) vs. LIS3DH. Maybe show example demos of both?

  • Leveling table for calibration:
    • http://www.gcdataconcepts.com/calibration.html

Activity possibilities

  • Have board go into deep sleep and wake up when movement detected.

Resources

How accelerometers work

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