3-Axis Accelerometer (3D-BTA)
Specifications and User Guide
TROUBLESHOOTING
- Primary Test: Make sure that the line marked by the arrow on the label of the sensor is positioned properly to measure the desired acceleration.
- Secondary Test: Position the sensor to read gravity effect and confirm that the reading is sufficiently precise.
RELATED TIL ENTRIES
What is the difference between your accelerometers?
How do you calibrate an accelerometer?
What does an accelerometer actually measure?
What are the dimensions of the mounting holes on the Vernier wired (BTA) accelerometers?
SPECIFICATIONS
Power: 30 mA @ 5VDC
For each axis:
- Range: +/-50 m/s2 (+/-5g)
- Accuracy: +/-0.5 m/s2 (+/- 0.05g)
- Frequency Response: 0 to 100 Hz
CALIBRATION
Calibrate? Usually, no.
The sensor is individually calibrated before shipping. For some experiments, you may use the stored calibration and zero the sensor before collecting data.
If you wish to calibrate the sensor for acceleration in the horizontal direction, you will conduct a two-point calibration.
- First point: position the sensor with the arrow pointing down and define this reading as -9.8 m/s2 or -1 g.
- Second point: rotate the sensor so that the arrow points up and define this reading as +9.8 m/s2 or +1 g.
If you wish to calibrate the sensor for acceleration in the vertical direction, first decide which direction (up or down) will be the positive direction. Our recommendation is to consider up as positive and conduct the experiment with the vertical direction arrow pointing vertically upward.
- First point: position the sensor with the arrow pointing upward and define this reading as 0 m/s2 or 0 g.
- Second point: rotate the sensor so that the arrow points downward and define this reading as -19.6 m/s2 or -2 g.
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