> Can anyone give me some recommendations on sensors for detecting tilting?
I
> hope to have a sensor that can detect when a car is being jack up, or
towed.

You could use a single accellerometer looking at the down component of
gravit.  However, that will be rather innaccurate at small tilt angles.  A
more sensitive system would use two or a dual axis accellerometer looking at
the horizontal components of gravity.


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