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Re: Accelerometer Use

We've been using the Analog Devices accelerometer in the off-season to see how useful it may be to help control velocity. Although we have had some positive results, there are a few draw-backs and it is not nearly so simple to use as the yaw rate sensor for measuring heading.

The drift on this sensor is much worse than Analog's yaw rate sensor.

The sensor has high frequency response. However, it has an on-board filter which can cut out much of this content.

When you spin, if your sensor is not located at the center of mass, there is a centripetal acceleration component which provides a bias in one direction.

Although I'm sure we can ultimately find a way to over-come all of these problems, we still have a lot of engineering to go and will probably not attempt it in 2005. Or, if we do attempt, it will probably not be a critical component.