From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f171.google.com (mail-ob0-f171.google.com [209.85.214.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A26372006AA for ; Sat, 12 May 2012 09:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obfk16 with SMTP id k16so10959545obf.16 for ; Sat, 12 May 2012 09:09:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=/FPSChiKL+LwFLLQoD/Uj9QAZavJDNbSpksSEHWDvZU=; b=VOXGk2OQS9dBolUN86my27Gcb1d1hQvm7gHdjr9pW/YqEufqH2R8LgL/N6XNu94R33 jV3ZxiITSslJPq0xskfTo8PhvRcFJmfdGSHu4aL8+jAJaEa5+/lVBPwuiQOZ+4EtPu2s eF3vMI6YGxoAQVQdrreLfRgNTsBouBc+dgdtQ7mT6US9NK8htJf4oCpWU+kkreMVkBaL FBr0UjzTR3bURBxeYhO7WPw9zVLzNMrbV5mQkRbaxhcTqY+JScU7NXfNnQXE9kCEp/4Z WDUk2F11kBZTqqBXrprAO0xJqUsqvDLk5/Niu3fhUbtT5rZgkl1WN7IJS+OBNTmvh3h1 R8kw== Received: by 10.182.111.7 with SMTP id ie7mr3015111obb.14.1336838948104; Sat, 12 May 2012 09:09:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: tz2026@gmail.com Received: by 10.182.113.40 with HTTP; Sat, 12 May 2012 09:08:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <65F33EA8-96E1-4695-A78C-6AC7D53F5AE7@gmail.com> References: <20120512101417.GC25006@thyrsus.com> <65F33EA8-96E1-4695-A78C-6AC7D53F5AE7@gmail.com> From: tz Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 12:08:47 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: HaG8Zfj3Qy6r7y-AF0lO21biG04 Message-ID: To: Andrew McGregor Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae93998359fa8ce04bfd91280 Cc: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net 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 16:09:10 -0000 --14dae93998359fa8ce04bfd91280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 > > --14dae93998359fa8ce04bfd91280 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sparkfun also has various accelerometers on breakoutboards (and others incl= uding 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 la= test solution)

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Andrew McGr= egor <andrewmcgr@gmail.com> wrote:
Dave suggested using it as an el-cheapo seismograph in areas with poor cove= rage (which doesn't describe here, but apparently does describe a lot o= f central America).

On 12/05/2012, at 10:14 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.c= om>:
>> 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*. =A0I hasd no idea these were available so small and ch= eap.
> What were you thinking about using it for?
> --
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <a href=3D"http://www.catb.org/~esr/">E= ric S. Raymond</a>


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