To do this you will want to mount you 2 axis 2 g accelerometer with the axis at 45 degrees to the horizontal, you can then measure the horizontal acceleration whilst calculating for any tilt in the unit which would affect the acceleration readings due to gravity. This is something I am currently working on. Martin > Don Hyde wrote: > > > > > > You could get real fancy, integrate for the velocity and adjust the timing > > > to keep the size of the letters constant. > > I like that one, it would be a killer! > > /Marcus > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.