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By scottnj - Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:39 am

- Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:39 am #97635

Does sparkfun carry any sensors that can work as an inclinometer to be read easily by a PIC? Only 1 axis is needed.

By denisbest - Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:48 am

- Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:48 am #97637

Can't you use accelerometer and measure against gravity?

By MichaelN - Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:20 pm

- Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:20 pm #97663

An accelerometer can be used for this. There are specialized accelerometers that are optimized for this task:
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSea ... clinometer