Inclinometer / Tilt Sensor

[Daniel O'Shea]

I'm looking for an Inclinometer / Tilt Sensor that will take a 5V DC
input and give a 0-5V output, help! please?

 

[Mike Harrison]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:58:01 +1000, Daniel O'Shea <user@example.net> wrote:

I'm looking for an Inclinometer / Tilt Sensor that will take a 5V DC
input and give a 0-5V output, help! please?

The AD and ST accelerometer chips will do this. You may beed to amplify and offset the output to get
a full range when measuring tild, and do some trig/lookups to convert to angle.
I think AD have an apnote on it

 

[Daniel O'Shea]

Mike Harrison wrote:

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:58:01 +1000, Daniel O'Shea <user@example.net> wrote:
I'm looking for an Inclinometer / Tilt Sensor that will take a 5V DC
input and give a 0-5V output, help! please?

The AD and ST accelerometer chips will do this. You may beed to amplify and offset the output to get
a full range when measuring tild, and do some trig/lookups to convert to angle.
I think AD have an apnote on it

thanks! the ADXL103 looks good, but could somebody explain to me exactly
what the 'Common' pin connects to? (forgive me, I'm more of a software
than a hardware person)

 

[Lionel]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:41:52 +1000, Daniel O'Shea <user@example.net>
wrote:

Mike Harrison wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:58:01 +1000, Daniel O'Shea <user@example.net> wrote:
I'm looking for an Inclinometer / Tilt Sensor that will take a 5V DC
input and give a 0-5V output, help! please?

The AD and ST accelerometer chips will do this. You may beed to amplify and offset the output to get
a full range when measuring tild, and do some trig/lookups to convert to angle.
I think AD have an apnote on it

thanks! the ADXL103 looks good, but could somebody explain to me exactly
what the 'Common' pin connects to? (forgive me, I'm more of a software
than a hardware person)

Analog ground, Vss or 0V.

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[Daniel O'Shea]

Lionel wrote:

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:41:52 +1000, Daniel O'Shea <user@example.net
wrote:

Mike Harrison wrote:

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:58:01 +1000, Daniel O'Shea <user@example.net> wrote:

I'm looking for an Inclinometer / Tilt Sensor that will take a 5V DC
input and give a 0-5V output, help! please?

The AD and ST accelerometer chips will do this. You may beed to amplify and offset the output to get
a full range when measuring tild, and do some trig/lookups to convert to angle.
I think AD have an apnote on it

thanks! the ADXL103 looks good, but could somebody explain to me exactly
what the 'Common' pin connects to? (forgive me, I'm more of a software
than a hardware person)

Analog ground, Vss or 0V.


W "Some people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them."
. | ,. w ,
\|/ \|/ Perna condita delenda est
---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------

cheers! (please don't kill me

 

[Lionel]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:31:56 +1000, Daniel O'Shea <user@example.net>
wrote:

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:41:52 +1000, Daniel O'Shea <user@example.net
thanks! the ADXL103 looks good, but could somebody explain to me exactly
what the 'Common' pin connects to? (forgive me, I'm more of a software
than a hardware person)

Analog ground, Vss or 0V.


W "Some people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them."
. | ,. w ,
\|/ \|/ Perna condita delenda est
---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------

cheers!

Glad I could help.

(please don't kill me

So far, I haven't ever been convicted for committing a murder. ;^)

--
W "Some people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them."
. | ,. w ,
\|/ \|/ Perna condita delenda est
---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------