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Re: Noisy Accelerometer

I assume you are driving the bot with kit motors? DC motors are very noisy, and can cause interference. Put a 1 microfarad disk capacitor across the motor leads, as close to the motor as possible. It may or may not help, but it definitely won't hurt.

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