Accelerometers & Gyros for N00bs

[Trevor_Decker]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

As a side note, if you want to know how far your robot has travelled, you're much better off using encoders.

My problem with encoders is that if the wheels slip then the robot will think that it has moved more than it has.

I am not to concerned about the acceleration being greater then the accelerometer max, since I plain to get one that is between .5 g and 1 g greater then the hiegst acceleration the robot should be moving at, also the date from the accelerometer will probably only be used during the autonomies period, so it only really matters for the first 30 seconds. that being said it would be nice for it to work the whole time, Hopefully giving the drive an on screen birds eye view of the robots position.