Re: Re : Re: accelerometer calibration

[W. B. Kranendonk]

--- On Sat, 12/25/10, Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors at iki.fi> wrote:
> "W. B. Kranendonk" <wankelwankel at yahoo.com> writes:
> > I found it after searching for accelerometer-dump, but (the FR)
> Just capture the data on FR but run it on your PC. Like
> 
> lindi at sauna$ ssh neo cat /dev/accelerometer-top |
> accelerometer-dump
I get that far on my PC :-) 

> > Any idea what to do about the diversion? I bought that
> FR second
> > hand, and it has had this "feature" ever since I got
> it.
> 
> I guess you could fix it by software but such a fix is
> probably not
> going to be accepted upstream since it is so ugly :-)
> 
My coding skills are about the right level for compiling accelerometer-dump.c, so I do not think anything I fix is going to get accepted upstream anytime soon ;-)

Coming back to the initial question, can those accelerometers be calibrated or is it a black box that emits (timestamps and) coordinates?


Boudewijn