From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pz0-f43.google.com (mail-pz0-f43.google.com [209.85.210.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B5AC200BFD for ; Sat, 12 May 2012 09:24:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by dajz8 with SMTP id z8so6759466daj.16 for ; Sat, 12 May 2012 09:24:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=uF01jB3SggpiZBNUcgKXQP9jP8OmT05kygdTL5rON4M=; b=fe3h5Iavb/yA7swFV5so6ZEoDFiu39mQefHk1gY8FruWgmpKB632f3w3UkDiaH4gs0 lqOSbTZVJMOU6RdkbTO9XYFmE51t3HSSdQRqitXMI64mpenAnrnloyKYn1V7U37RTpIu hSZuUm7F3Fxta5fkmupljugG8yedm7UoGZJytBKs84+9D0+BO8ZVxeWewLCpNQgNf2Yp krHaBfN8uieYDLpfSsKnDTnpYI6srvQ9s1nv+kP1jaqNLb1E2FwnZZLX8txGKp5YP8UC htBufWImgca7ISfPxNpNG2+4jbKSPLw9Std/m3KyWEqQaIdnzABlGCWBSlAmexJVozw1 RZZA== Received: by 10.68.132.41 with SMTP id or9mr6438639pbb.30.1336839870279; Sat, 12 May 2012 09:24:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2001:4f8:3:203::c001? ([2001:4f8:3:203::c001]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id pp8sm16392329pbb.21.2012.05.12.09.24.28 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 12 May 2012 09:24:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FAE8EBB.8040507@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 09:24:27 -0700 From: dave taht User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120410 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net References: <20120512101417.GC25006@thyrsus.com> <65F33EA8-96E1-4695-A78C-6AC7D53F5AE7@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------040303060708000408050209" Subject: Re: [Thumbgps-devel] bikeshed - earthquake detector X-BeenThere: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 16:24:31 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040303060708000408050209 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 > 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 >: > >> 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? > > -- > > Eric S. Raymond > > > _______________________________________________ > Thumbgps-devel mailing list > Thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/thumbgps-devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thumbgps-devel mailing list > Thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/thumbgps-devel --------------040303060708000408050209 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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> 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>:
>> 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/">Eric S. Raymond</a>


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