>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 01 September 2005 13:56
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [EE]: Looking for method to differentiate 
>gravityfromacceleration
>
>
>Russell McMahon wrote:
>> He qualified his comment with the cavea "perpendicular to 
>the earth's 
>> surface", which is liable to be the useful direction for a 
>single axis 
>> accelerometer to be aligned when attempting to measure braking.
>
>But apparent accelleration due to gravity *is* perpendicular 
>to the earth's surface on average.


I suspect the OP meant tangential...

Mike

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