On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:23:26 -0500, you wrote:

>That will only work if you basically ignore the sensor while its speed
>is changing.
>
>There is no way for an accelerometer to tell the difference between
>gravity and other forms of acceleration. In freefall all the internal
>bits of the sensor will have the same acceleration, so it won't detect
>gravity (it's more or less a very tiny pendulum). Unfortunately the
>rather high acceleration at the bottom tends to be troublesome.
>
>Perhaps you need to add something like a gyroscope?
>
>SavanaPics@AOL.COM wrote:
>> I have never messed with the tilt sensors, but I may have a sugestion.=
 Could
>> you put in a small delay at the onset of the ssensors reading ? Just =
enough to
>> overcome the acceleration.
>>
>> Eddie, kc4awz

You might want to look at electrolytic tilt sensors - these have some =
inherent damping, and you can
add more in software if necessary, or maybe combine with an =
accelerometer, e.g.use a weighted
avaraging scheme where the weight of the tilt data is reduced when =
acceleration is high.

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