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Re: Accelerometers & Gyros for N00bs

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Originally Posted by Trevor_Decker View Post
How accurate our accelerometer's ?
Completely dependent on the specific part in question. Digital accelerometers are in the range of 8 to 12 bits ( a couple thousandths of a g per count), but you can buy better or worse. Really what kills you is part to part variability - you can easily get 20% sensitivity variability and/or offset variability, so be sure to calibrate if you need to. Also, some of them are really temperature dependent.