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Originally posted by Matt Krass
Sorry to drag this slightly offtopic, but I heard that accelerometers could be used to measure tilt when the device is not moving. I think it worked on detection the acceleration ofgravity or something..anybody else know about this?
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Originally posted by piotrm
You could use the 2 axis accelerometer to determine the direction of gravity on your balancing device. This information would tell you how the device is tilted and therefore you could (as you say) compensate.
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Yes, thanks to einstein for figuring out that gravity is basically the same thing as acceleration. To measure gravity you measure acceleration. For example I am sitting here in a chair accelerating 9.8 M/s^2 upwards to countereffect the force of gravity on me which does the same but in the downward direction.
At least I think thats how it goes.