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Re: Soldering the accelerometer help

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Originally Posted by apalrd View Post
If you actually mean an accelerometer, then the +5, GND, and A would go to 1 PWM cable and the B would go to another, and they would go to the first two analog channels on the first analog board...
The ADXL345 accelerometer in the 2010 Kit of Parts uses SPI or I2C digital communication. It was the 2009 accelerometer that had analog outputs. I think the I2C connection is the easiest to use, and the LabVIEW support for it is perfect.