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

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Daniel O'Shea
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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

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Mike Harrison

offset the output to get

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)

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Daniel O'Shea

offset the output to get

angle.

Analog ground, Vss or 0V.

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Lionel

offset the output to get

angle.

cheers! (please don't kill me :)

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Daniel O'Shea

Glad I could help.

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

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