Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-16 Thread Bradley Hook
Does this mean we can solder one of these in and turn our moko into an enhanced Wii remote? :P ~Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was ~$14. Dirt cheap for what it does. If what people say about wasted space inside the neo is true then I'm hoping to cram one in there when I get my phone.

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-16 Thread Ian Stirling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ST makes a 3 axis mems accelerometers that speak SPI [and I2C]. VTI has I2C only and SPI ones. I have the SPI/I2C one [LIS3LV02DL] made by ST but I don't have it working yet. I'm still in awe of how small it is -- much smaller than a tic-tac candy.

RE: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-16 Thread Crane, Matthew
: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:53 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: accelerometer in neo? Does this mean we can solder one of these in and turn our moko into an enhanced Wii remote? :P ~Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was ~$14. Dirt cheap for what it does. If what people say about

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-16 Thread Hans L
In addition to an accelerometer, the wii remote has a 1 megapixel camera for sensing the position of two infrared leds at each end of the sensor bar which is placed above or below your TV. The accelerometer measures motion and orientation, whereas the camera is used for direct pointing / cursor

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-16 Thread Ian Stirling
Hans L wrote: In addition to an accelerometer, the wii remote has a 1 megapixel camera for sensing the position of two infrared leds at each end of the sensor bar which is placed above or below your TV. The It's not megapixel, it's 20Kp

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-14 Thread Ian Stirling
Robin Paulson wrote: i've been thinking recently about other applications for the openmoko, beyond the usual phone/maps/gps/internet access, and a couple of them require an accelerometer i could find no mention of one in the wiki, either in the hardware list or the wish list. does anyone have

RE: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-14 Thread Crane, Matthew
:50 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: accelerometer in neo? Since SPI is available for IO (near as I can tell), there's something to be said for an expansion back that would have room for a bunch of optional peripherals in some sort of standard form facter

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-14 Thread Ian Stirling
Crane, Matthew wrote: Hi, Wouldn't expansion via existing usb or BT be preferable? If a few types of hardware that's accessable via these ports has been developed with some sort of driver and application then further development will have a foundation to work off of and the usefullness will

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-14 Thread esw
, Matthew Cc: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: accelerometer in neo? Crane, Matthew wrote: Hi,=20 =20 Wouldn't expansion via existing usb or BT be preferable? If a few types of hardware that's accessable via these ports has been developed with some sort of driver and application

RE: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-14 Thread Crane, Matthew
, 2007 1:20 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: accelerometer in neo? ST makes a 3 axis mems accelerometers that speak SPI [and I2C]. VTI has I2C only and SPI ones. I have the SPI/I2C one [LIS3LV02DL] made by ST but I don't have it working yet. I'm still in awe of how small

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-14 Thread Ian Stirling
Crane, Matthew wrote: So what would one do with a cell phone with an embedded gps assisted inertial guidance system? Tape a rocket motor to the back for a new way to destroy the iPhone? To be boringly pedantic. An inertial guidance system is not possible with simply a 3 axis accelerometer.

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-14 Thread Doncho N. Gunchev
On Monday 2007-05-14 14:33:48 Ian Stirling wrote: Robin Paulson wrote: i've been thinking recently about other applications for the openmoko, beyond the usual phone/maps/gps/internet access, and a couple of them require an accelerometer i could find no mention of one in the wiki,

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-13 Thread Zachary Alberico
We could have the screen go landscape when you turn it. :) On May 13, 2007, at 9:04 PM, Robin Paulson wrote: i've been thinking recently about other applications for the openmoko, beyond the usual phone/maps/gps/internet access, and a couple of them require an accelerometer i could find no

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-13 Thread Tehn Yit Chin
Hey, There was a long discussion on accelerator on the list back in Jan07. I have just searched through the mailing list archive... http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-January/002067.html Cheers, On 5/14/07, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've been thinking recently

Re: accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-13 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Since SPI is available for IO (near as I can tell), there's something to be said for an expansion back that would have room for a bunch of optional peripherals in some sort of standard form facter... ___ OpenMoko community mailing list