Philip wants to see this

ST 3 axis MEMS accelerometers
User selectable +/- 2g and 8g ranges.
IIC interface with dual independent interrupts for when you really 
need to know.
(Programmable timing and thresholds in 3 axes for interrupts)
10,000 g survivability. ("The Eagle has (crash) landed".)
3 x 5 x 0.9 mm LGA14 0.8,, pitch.
Under $US5 / 10K quantity.

    http://www.planetanalog.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193105023

Target applications are hard disk free fall protection (park the heads 
if you drop your IPod, laptop or whatever before it hits the ground, 
and motion controlled human interfaces (wave your cellphone this way 
to transfer a call, that way to ...)

Data sheets

        http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/12726.pdf

        http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/12725.pdf



        Russell

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