anyone have tried to hack a Accelerometer sensor in a mobil phone and
interface it with a PIC or a micro controller ?
How much is Accelerometer normally in the petta markert these days.
I have a project idea on this. Since it's very easy to made a analog integrator
using simple analog components this should be very easy to design under
proper simulation right?
Any idea. Anyone who hack this?
Accelerometer hack
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Re: Accelerometer hack
I worked with many accelerometers which I bought from net (Those are cheap...You'll be able to find a module under $10). Not sure you'll be able to find them in Pettah market. ADXL345, MMA7260 are two common ICs (There are many variants of those). You will need to consider which interface (normally comes as I2C, SPI or direct ADC read(not recommended)) you need to connect to your microcontroller.
It is not easy to remove an accelerometer chip from a mobile PCB since those chips mostly come as QFN, TDFN, UTDFN, UTQFN, etc... where you don't see pins to de-solder. See List of IC package types. If you are lucky enough, you might find an IC with pins. Also, make sure you'll be able to find the datasheet online. Otherwise it would be completely useless.
It is not easy to remove an accelerometer chip from a mobile PCB since those chips mostly come as QFN, TDFN, UTDFN, UTQFN, etc... where you don't see pins to de-solder. See List of IC package types. If you are lucky enough, you might find an IC with pins. Also, make sure you'll be able to find the datasheet online. Otherwise it would be completely useless.