No, you can integrate the acceleration of the vehicle and calculate the
instantaneous speed, thus, your instant location...

Mauricio Jancic
Janso Desarrollos - Microchip Consultants Program Member
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-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
R. I. Nelson
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:51 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Accelerometer based gizmo

Chetan Bhargava wrote:

>http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CES10539
>
>  
>
How can this unit tell the following
Your speed
what distance you have traveled
your  vehicles H.P.
Does it have a GPS unit in it?


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