The accelerometer is a hardware sensor used to detect a shake motion. William Francis shares the accelerometer code that he uses in his Android apps.

The tutorial combines a Teensy USB development board with a 3D accelerometer inside of an SNES controller. The Teensy is programmed to poll the SNES controller buttons and read the accelerometer ...

One could really start using this processor and accelerometer from scratch with this tutorial and some basic electronics knowledge.

Intel® System Studio for Microcontrollers includes multiple samples to help you get up to speed with its basic functionality and become familiar with the Intel® Quark™ Microcontroller Software ...

The accelerometer sample uses the on-board Bosch BMC160 accelerometer connected to the microcontroller using the I2C interface, and the RTC (real time clock) integrated in the Intel® Quark ...

A piezoelectric accelerometer is a device that measures the vibration — or small reciprocating accelerations — of a structure. Learn when and where to use these highly specialized ...

The official Skee-Ball game, developed by Graveck, now has optional accelerometer control and tutorial tips to explain the Star ranking system.

Researchers at Georgia Tech and MIT have developed a proof of concept to demonstrate that it is possible to record a computer user's keystrokes using an iPhone 4's accelerometer. The researchers ...

Freescale has been big in MEMs-based accelerometers for the automobile market for a while, and they seem to be moving that technology down to a lower price point where it plays in consumer goods. In ...