accelerometers
Acceleration measuring devices
Accelerometers is the plural of accelerometer, a device that measures acceleration—the rate of change in velocity.
Found in smartphones, vehicles, aircraft, and fitness trackers, accelerometers detect motion, orientation, and vibration.
Your phone knows to rotate its screen because an accelerometer senses which way is down.
The crash investigator examined data from the plane's accelerometers.
Spinning disc measuring orientation
- pedometerStride-counting device
- tiltAngular deviation from level
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
compass · proximity · barometer · wearables · smartwatch · MEMS · sensors · mobile
Gravity-measuring instrument
- seismometerDetects ground vibrations
- capacitiveRelating to charge storage
- piezoelectricCharge from deformation
- MEMSMicroscale electromechanical devices
triaxial · sensitivity · bandwidth · bias · drift · calibration · transducer · Newton
Collective mechanical equipment
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- motorsMachines that produce motion
- pumpsLaceless dress shoes
- turbinesBlade-driven power converters
seismic · earthquake · infrastructure · bridges · piezoelectric · FFT · amplitude · resonance
Vehicle for outer space
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
- g-forceAcceleration in gravitational units
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
thrust · launch · telemetry · stabilization · pitch · roll · yaw · altitude
gyroscope
Spinning disc measuring orientation
- pedometerStride-counting device
- tiltAngular deviation from level
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
GPS · compass · proximity · barometer · wearables · smartwatch · MEMS · sensors · mobile · touchscreen
gravimeter
Gravity-measuring instrument
- seismometerDetects ground vibrations
- capacitiveRelating to charge storage
- piezoelectricCharge from deformation
MEMS · triaxial · sensitivity · bandwidth · bias · drift · calibration · transducer · Newton · force
machinery
Collective mechanical equipment
turbines · seismic · earthquake · infrastructure · bridges · piezoelectric · FFT · amplitude · resonance · calibration
spacecraft
Vehicle for outer space
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
- g-forceAcceleration in gravitational units
rocket · thrust · launch · telemetry · stabilization · pitch · roll · yaw · altitude · trajectory
suspension
Temporary halt or exclusion
damping · telematics · braking
- roboticsrobot, android, humanoid, robotic arm, servo
- earthquake engineeringearthquake engineering, seismic waves, liquefaction, seismic risk, dampers
- Microsystemsmicrosensors, microfabrication, micromachining, gyroscopes, lab-on-a-chip
- transducersmicrophones, speakers, hydrophones, pickups, thermocouples
- vibrationoscillation, resonance, frequency response, natural frequency, harmonic motion
- wildlife trackingwildlife tracking, GPS collar, wildlife monitoring, GPS tracking, radio collar
accelerometersinclinometers
Devices measuring tilt angles
speedometers · tachometers · altimeters · barometers · thermometers