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The MOT1100 measures acceleration in three axes. The most common use for an accelerometer is to measure the movement of an object, such as a person or robotic vehicle. It can also be used to determine direction and strength of acceleration, detect vibration, or as a tilt sensor. This Phidget connects to your computer through a VINT Hub.
This Phidget is a smart device that must be controlled by a VINT Hub. For more information about VINT, have a look at the VINT Primer. You can use a Phidget Cable to simply and easily connect the two devices. Here's a list of all of the different VINT Hubs currently available:
| Product | Board | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Part Number | Price | Number of VINT Ports | Controlled By |
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HUB0000_0 | $30.00 | 6 | USB (Mini-USB) |
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HUB5000_0 | $60.00 | 6 | Local Network (Ethernet or Wi-Fi) |
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SBC3003_0 | $120.00 | 6 | — |
Use a Phidget cable to connect this device to the hub. You can solder multiple cables together in order to make even longer Phidget cables, but you should be aware of the effects of having long wires in your system.
The Accelerometer Phidget measures acceleration up to ±8g (or 78.5 m/s²) in the x, y, and z-axis. Accurate timestamps are provided with each measurement to aid in calculations.
You can use your Control Panel to explore your Phidget's channels.
1. Open your Control Panel, and you will find the following channel:
2. Double click on the channel to open the example program. This channel belongs to the Accelerometer channel class:
In your Control Panel, double click on "Accelerometer":
1. Setting up your Programming Environment
Before you open a Phidget channel in your program, you can set these properties to specify which channel to open. You can find this information through the Control Panel.
1. Open the Control Panel and double-click on the red map pin icon:
2. The Addressing Information window will open. Here you will find all the information you need to address your Phidget in your program.
See the Phidget22 API for your language to determine exact syntax for each property.
In the Phidget Control Panel, open the channel for your device and click on the 
icon next to the data type that you want to plot. This will open up a new window:
If you need more complex functionality such as logging multiple sensors to the same sheet or performing calculations on the data, you'll need to write your own program. Generally this will involve addressing the correct channel, opening it, and then creating an Event Handler and adding graphing/logging code to it.
The quickest way to get started is to download some sample code for your desired programming language and then search google for logging or plotting in that language (e.g. "how to log to csv in python") and add the code to the existing change handler.
The Change Trigger is the minimum change in the sensor data needed to trigger a new data event. The Data Interval is the time (in ms) between data events sent out from your Phidget. You can modify one or both of these values to achieve different data outputs. You can learn more about these two properties here.
| Board Properties | |
|---|---|
| Controlled By | VINT |
| Accelerometer | |
| Acceleration Measurement Max | ± 8 g |
| Acceleration Measurement Resolution | 1 mg |
| Accelerometer Noise | ± 5 mg |
| Sampling Interval Min | 20 ms/sample |
| Sampling Interval Max | 60 s/sample |
| Electrical Properties | |
| Current Consumption Max | * 2.3 mA |
| Current Consumption Min | 319 μA |
| Physical Properties | |
| Operating Temperature Min | -40 °C |
| Operating Temperature Max | 85 °C |
| Customs Information | |
| Canadian HS Export Code | 8471.80.00 |
| American HTS Import Code | 8471.80.40.00 |
| Country of Origin | CN (China) |
* - Current consumption varies depending on selected data interval. See the graph below for details.
| Date | Board Revision | Device Version | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2018 | 0 | 201 | Product Release |
| January 2018 | 0 | 202 | Fixed issue occurring when DataInterval is set before Enable |
| Channel Name | API | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Axis Accelerometer | Accelerometer | 0 |
| API | Detail | Language | OS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerometer | Visual Studio GUI | C# | Windows | Download |
| Accelerometer | Java | Android | Download | |
| Accelerometer | JavaScript | Browser | Download | |
| Accelerometer | Objective-C | macOS | Download | |
| Accelerometer | Swift | macOS | Download | |
| Accelerometer | Swift | iOS | Download | |
| Accelerometer | Visual Basic .NET | Windows | Download | |
| Accelerometer | Max/MSP | Multiple | Download |
| Product | Accelerometer | Gyroscope | Magnetometer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Part Number | Price | Acceleration Measurement Max | Acceleration Measurement Resolution | Gyroscope Speed Max | Gyroscope Resolution | Magnetometer Resolution | Magnetic Field Max |
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1041_0B | $40.00 | ± 8 g | 976.7 μg | — | — | — | — |
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1042_0B | $60.00 | ± 8 g | 976.7 μg | ± 2000°/s | 0.07°/s | 3 mG | 5.5 G |
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1043_1B | $80.00 | ± 2 g | 76.3 μg | — | — | — | — |
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1044_1B | $120.00 | ± 2.5 g | 76 μg | — | — | 1.5 mG | ± 49.2 G |
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MOT1100_0 | $20.00 | ± 8 g | 1 mg | — | — | — | — |
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MOT1101_0 | $30.00 | ± 8 g | 1 mg | ± 2000°/s | * 0.07°/s | 300 μG | ± 8 G |
