On that topic, a joystick interface to the accel. would be rather cool. Cheers, Federico
On 5/13/08, Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > | If somebody tells me how to use the accelerometers, I will have a go. Is > | it just like /dev/joydev ? > > You just open /dev/input/event2 (top accel) and/or 3 (bottom). Have a > look in <cross path>/usr/include/linux/input.h -- basically these guys > turn up in there 300 a second: > > struct input_event { > struct timeval time; > __u16 type; <==== type = 2 > __u16 code; <==== code = 0=X, 1=Y, 2=Z > __s32 value; <==== signed mG force in 18mG steps > }; > > - -Andy > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkgpPNkACgkQOjLpvpq7dMoVuwCfVbgX9PEmkWvsnK8ju7RwzwR5 > ilgAn2tDzszlCky4+Vq7d10iiWqB9A5B > =GNI5 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community