[dorkbotpdx-blabber] accellerometers!

[Mykle Hansen]

that looks easy and all, but i was hoping to just buy a little chip,
since i'm like the one person on this list who doesn't already
own a Nintendo Wii.  =)

i see that there are many competing chips now.  SparkFun has
this one:

   http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=308

... it seems to come in a surface-mount package, but they also sell the
same chip on a break-out board, just for arduino-heads.

   http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=252

which is probably what i'll start with.  my goal for my next project  
is to
design a complete board, but i admit i have no idea what's involved in
getting a surface-mount chip mounted to a surface.  is that something
humans can do in homes?  or do i need to make friends with a robot
factory worker?

-m-


On Sep 2, 2008, at 10:19 AMTuesday, Brian Richardson wrote:

> This is something I've wanted to play around with a little bit  
> too.  It doesn't look too hard, here's a page that describes how to  
> do it:
>
> http://www.windmeadow.com/node/42
>
> and here's a page that has a simple board that lets you play around  
> without cutting the nunchunk cord:
>
> http://todbot.com/blog/2008/02/18/wiichuck-wii-nunchuck-adapter- 
> available/
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Mykle Hansen <mykle at mykle.com> wrote:
> hey all,
>
> has anyone in the portland dorkspace played around with
> these new on-chip accellerometers?  the ones that are
> in iPhones and Wii remotes and apple laptops?  i wonder
> how hard they are to interface with the Arduino, and how
> much they cost.  i have a project in mind for one, although
> it's more of a bike-nerd project than anything truly
> artistic.  but it seems like the interactive potential is strong ...
>
> -mykle-
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