From: dave taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
To: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Thumbgps-devel] bikeshed - earthquake detector
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 09:24:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FAE8EBB.8040507@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFv7Oih91EQ2Nen=zu_bcsgy_AQ3ZaLq5EZQO0jEc15gG3c2aw@mail.gmail.com>
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It's really amazing what watching some jugglers equipped with ardinos
and accelerometers can do to your thinking, especially if they are
speaking in a language you don't understand, but show off the simplicity
of the gerbers and chipset 4 minutes in. Gerbers are a language I do
sort of understand.
http://vimeo.com/39949357
There's all kinds of artistic things the demoscene is doing with this
now incredibly cheap stuff
http://vimeo.com/24281110
Seismograph is a possibly practical application. + Perfect time, perfect
location and altitude lock. Don't know if 12 bits at the sample rate is
useful tho. One indirect measurement is the effect on the network of
earthquakes.
On 05/12/2012 09:08 AM, tz wrote:
> Sparkfun also has various accelerometers on breakoutboards (and others
> including a board that has a gyro and compass too).
>
> The Skytraq also has I2c (I was originally trying to use it to pull
> J1850 data instead of my latest solution)
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Andrew McGregor <andrewmcgr@gmail.com
> <mailto:andrewmcgr@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Dave suggested using it as an el-cheapo seismograph in areas with
> poor coverage (which doesn't describe here, but apparently does
> describe a lot of central America).
>
> On 12/05/2012, at 10:14 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
>
> > Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com <mailto:dave.taht@gmail.com>>:
> >> http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10953
> >>
> >> The ublox has an i2c on it (at least some do). This has 12 bit
> >> resolution, 2g,4g,and 8g range. 3mm wide...
> >
> > That is *cool*. I hasd no idea these were available so small
> and cheap.
> > What were you thinking about using it for?
> > --
> > <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/
> <http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/>">Eric S. Raymond</a>
>
>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-12 8:32 Dave Taht
2012-05-12 10:14 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-05-12 10:22 ` Andrew McGregor
2012-05-12 16:08 ` tz
2012-05-12 16:24 ` dave taht [this message]
2012-05-12 16:42 ` dave taht
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