My (vague) understanding of accelerometers is that they can only measure
inertial force, not orientation.  Is there a formula to extract angular
rate information from an accelerometer reading over time? Sure would
save a lot of money on tiny little gyroscopes!  I'm trying to come up
with a fairly accurate (and relatively cheap) way to track position over
time in 2-axis.

- Jeff Cesnik


TONY NIXON 54964 wrote:

> I'm making a single axis angle sensor using an ADXL05. It's accurate
> down to 1/10th of a degree over about 120 degrees as long as there is
> some sort of temperature stabilization/compensation.
>
> Tony
>
> Just when I thought I knew it all,
> I learned that I didn't.