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Re: Has anyone gotten useful data from the accelerometer?

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Originally Posted by Chriszuma
I was playing around with the accelerometer the other day, trying to use its sum to determine velocity. However, I fiddled with my algorithm for a couple of hours and couldn't get it to give me anything close to an accurate reading. Has anyone actually gotten this to work? I think they're just way too sensitive to use for tracking. I'll probably end up just using the gear tooth sensor to measure distance, which makes more sense anyway.
Maybe I need to upgrade to kevin watson's oversampling uart?
I've played with an accelerometer, but from what I've heard they can be very tricky. I would go with the encoder/gear tooth sensors to calculate position. How is yours connected? Could you show us the code?
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