accelerometer in neo?

Ian Stirling openmoko at mauve.plus.com
Wed May 16 17:38:22 CEST 2007


esw at alum.mit.edu wrote:
> ST makes a 3 axis mems accelerometers that speak SPI [and I2C].  VTI
> has I2C only and SPI ones.  I have the SPI/I2C one [LIS3LV02DL] made
> by ST but I don't have it working yet.  I'm still in awe of how small
> it is -- much smaller than a tic-tac candy.
> 
> http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Criteria?Ref=197587&Site=US&Cat=35783228
> http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/12094/lis3lv02dl.pdf
> 
> It was ~$14.  Dirt cheap for what it does.  If what people say about
> "wasted space" inside the neo is true then I'm hoping to cram one in
> there when I get my phone.  Maybe some mems rate sensors too.  Now
> that's _my_ kind of augmented GPS!

Don't forget the triaxial magnetometer!




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