What is an Accelerometer and how it Works
Ever wondered how your smartphone automatically switches from portrait to landscape as you tilt it, able to point out the direction in which your smartphone’s compass points? Ever questioned how the Health & Fitness apps of your smartphone are able to count the number of steps that you have taken while walking? Your smartphone is integrated with a tiny accelerometer sensor that can identify orientation/direction. Your smartphone uses this information to decide when to change the screen’s orientation from portrait to landscape or which direction your phone’s compass is pointing towards. Earlier, we published a post about IR sensors and its working principle which gained much acclamation among our readers. Table of Contents What is Acceleration? What is an accelerometer? How does an Accelerometer work? What are its applications? Guruface Academy’s Robotics Courses Before learning about accelerometers, we need to understand what acceleration is and what factors that ...