[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer Reading ranges

2010-01-17 Thread ko5tik
On Jan 16, 9:37 pm, MPower123 michaelh...@gmail.com wrote: I just hope theres an API call to set the resolution to 2g or 4g mode. TANJ - AFAIR, there is no such official API in android SDK (though you may be able to hack around or have more luck with native code ) -- You received this

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer Reading ranges

2010-01-16 Thread ko5tik
It's accurate enough to steer a toy car on display by tilting device, but I would not use this sensor to deliver nuclear warhead ( there definitely better ones ) Of course you can write some filter, but it would be tricky because: - your sample times are not guaranted to be equal (android is

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer Reading ranges

2010-01-16 Thread ko5tik
I looked at my favorite seller of electronic stuff - while BMA1502 sells for 1.50 from 100+, there are chips for about $120 apiece ( with much better resolution and answer times) - guess which ones will be built into your $300 smartphone ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer Reading ranges

2010-01-16 Thread MPower123
I was inclined to thinking most of the android phones would come with relatively the same accelormeter chip. From what i've read the blackberries and iphone either have a better chip or better logic has been used to smooth out the signal. I guess for the most accurate reading I would need to set

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer Reading ranges

2010-01-15 Thread ko5tik
On Jan 14, 2:17 am, MPower123 michaelh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am writing a game for android phone and I want to know what is the range of values that can be read from the accelerometer? I want to know how many Gs can be read from the accelerometer? Or is this dependant on the phone?

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer Reading ranges

2010-01-15 Thread MPower123
Can anyone comment on the accelerometer's accuracy? I've read on other threads that, in general, it is very in accurate but has anyone tried to write a signal conditioner to smooth out the signal? On Jan 14, 4:35 pm, Chris McClanahan mcclanahooc...@gmail.com wrote: I believe the max

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer Reading ranges

2010-01-15 Thread Chris McClanahan
yes, ko5tik brings up a good point: each android phone may have a different model accelerometer. the info i posted earlier was specific to the Droid phone, which has this sensor: http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/15094/lis331dlh.pdf there is an api call to get the max value

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer Reading ranges

2010-01-14 Thread Chris McClanahan
I believe the max accelerometer reading is 40, thus making it sensitive to about (40/9.81)=4.077472G. On Jan 13, 3:17 pm, MPower123 michaelh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am writing a game for android phone and I want to know what is the range of values that can be read from the accelerometer?