Accelerometer arm

hello everyone :)

i finished the starterbot lately and i worked perfectly. if you have seen the predators movies, you will know that they have the most awsome turret-thingies on their backs/ left shoulder. I got all the servos( the X and Y-axis) covered i think. i'm thinking of using an Accelerometer on my head, so when i turn my head, it points that way... Really cool! but, i have no idea on how to disseminate (not sure if that's the right word) the data to my picaxe cpu. i am not even sure i they can work together... i embeddeded a youtube video with a guy who does exactly the same thing... small world huh?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYScDwP3v8w

Sweet, i was gonna make one

Sweet, i was gonna make one of these with a nunchuck, for an art fair, the user would have to make a simple painting using the arm :slight_smile:

niice, that would have been

niice, that would have been really cool. did you ever get it to work?

only half

wrist and elbow joints

sweet. do you have any

sweet. do you have any knowledge about acceleometers. because i am really lost :slight_smile:

Actually i don’t, but, ever

Actually i don’t, but, ever heard of a wii nunchuck? it has one inside, that’s what i have been using, only needs 4 wires, and you get a 3 axis accelarometer, a joystick, and two buttons, nifty little package, for easy control over anything :smiley:

 

search ebay, you can get them as low as 5$.