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Re: Plotting Location w/ Accellerometer Project

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Originally Posted by Invictus3593 View Post
What if the time variable was such a very short amount of time, like 50ms,
Shorter integration times are generally better. You will still see some drift due to the double integration and the fact that the measured accel has error.


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...and you just took the average acceleration over that time period?
That's what trapezoidal integration tries to do.


Play around with it in a spreadsheet or Maxima or Octave or SciLab and see for yourself.


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