Have you ever wondered how your mobile phone manages to know which direction you are holding it? It uses a device which has accelerometer function.
An accelerometer has the ability to measure acceleration of a stationary platform relative to the earth’s surface. Application that tracks motion precisely and accurately can be created. These kind of motion sensing are very common nowadays and can be found in mobile phones, tablets, gaming consoles, health/fitness gadgets, navigation devices and recently in laptops as well.
This module is based on ADXL345, a digital triple-axis accelerometer with I2C and SPI interface. The sensitivity can be set at ±2g, ±4g, ±8g or ±16g. Operating voltage is between 3V to 5V - suitable for most microcontrollers/microprocessors.
The board has 2 mounting holes. Standard 8-pin 2.54 mm header is included, but not soldered.
