How to get a degree value of Accelerometer MMA7455?

Using Arduino Sensors
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How to get a degree value of Accelerometer MMA7455?

help me please... :~

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Trigonometry.

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AWOL:
Trigonometry.

how to use it?
what is the formula?

thanks for help me...

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sin theta = opp / hyp
or
cos theta = adj / hyp

Figure out what component of g you're detecting and solve appropriately.

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what you want to do is look at the datasheet for your accelerometer to find values for the voltage from x,y,z at 0 gravity, then the input voltage.

then, calculate the input voltage like this
voltage_x = analogRead(xpin) * Vdd / 1023; // and same for y and z

after this, you need to calculate the offset from the 0g voltage:
dx = voltage_x - V0g; // same for rest

then you can calculate the components of the g vector mentioned by AWOL (s comes from "sensitivity" described in datasheet):

gx = dx / s; // etc

after you have this, you can easily calculate the angle between the axis and the vector:
m = sqrt(gxgx + gygy + gz*gz); // magnitude of the vector

angle_x = acos(gx / m); // same for y and z

hope this helps

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for me the issue im facing is that, the raw values i get from the Accelerometer varies between 0-65 for clockwise rotations and 255-150 for anti clockwise directions, so if im to use the above mentioned code the desired output is not obtained

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for me the issue im facing is that, the raw values i get from the Accelerometer varies between 0-65 for clockwise rotations and 255-150 for anti clockwise directions

For me the issue is that it sounds more like you're talking about a gyroscope.

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What i have is the same one in the link but custom made http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/docs/prod/sens/28526-MMA7455-3axisAccel-v1.1.pdf

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Why are you describing the device's reaction to rotations?
What is the application, and how is the device mounted?

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The values are in reference to devices reaction to rotation. Im using the library found in this website Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting. .

If I'm to rotate the accelerometer along the x-axis in the clock wise direction (where zero degree is if the device is held parallel to the ground), values will change from 0-62 (where 62 is at 90 degrees, the values decrease as you further rotate it with the output becoming zero again at 180 degrees)

If i am to rotate in the anti-clockwise direction the values will vary from 255 ( at 359 degrees ) to about 150 ( 275 degrees)

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The application is to use it as a tilt sensor for a robot

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AWOL:
sin theta = opp / hyp
or
cos theta = adj / hyp

Figure out what component of g you're detecting and solve appropriately.

tan (theta) = opposite / adjacent,
much more relevant to converting between 3-vectors and angles, especially as the atan2 (opp, adj) function gets the quadrant right too.

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to find values for the voltage from x,y,z at 0 gravity
there is none zero gravity here, unless you pay $20mil for an ISS trip :slight_smile: (or your robot is free falling from the sky..)
The accelerometer works nice as a tilt meter provided you do not move the stuff during the measurement, otherwise you might create additional acceleration. It depends what kind of acc. you have - for measuring tilt you need max 2g one, the acc rated for larger g-s are less sensitive for such measurement. Mind on the surface based on your geographical location there is always ~1g only (no movement).

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emil01:
The application is to use it as a tilt sensor for a robot

A gyroscope would probably be what you need for a robot tilt sensor. If you're trying to balance a robot, a gyroscope will work for a short while, then drift will cause it to fall over. You really need both for a balancing robot.

So, do you want to measure tilt, or are you actually trying to get it to balance?