accelerometer in neo?

[Tehn Yit Chin]

Hey,

There was a long discussion on accelerator on the list back in Jan07. I have
just searched through the mailing list archive...

http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-January/002067.html

Cheers,



On 5/14/07, Robin Paulson <robin.paulson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i've been thinking recently about other applications for the openmoko,
> beyond the usual phone/maps/gps/internet access, and a couple of them
> require an accelerometer
>
> i could find no mention of one in the wiki, either in the hardware
> list or the wish list. does anyone have any ideas?
>
> would this be unfeasable in a device like this for any particular
> reason? size? weight? power?
>
> thinking slightky laterally, could the vibrating battery be used in
> reverse to provide this sort of data, in a similar way to using an
> electric motor as a generator, or a speaker as a microphone?
>
> if anyone's interested, one of the ideas was to enable it to function
> as a pedometer
>
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