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i am new to arduino. i am presently doing a college project. for that i need to connect 5 adxl335's to my leonardo.is that possible? if yes then how?
also i need to compare the values obtained from my sensors to standard values saved in a database. how can i do that?
urgent help required.
thank you.

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That device has 3 analog outputs, so for 5 of them you need to read 15 different analog signals. The Leonardo has only 12 analog inputs, so you need another 3. The easiest approach is to add a CD4051 multiplexer, which lets you expand any one of those 12 inputs to 8 inputs.

Regarding standard values saved in a "database", if you want to do the comparison on the Arduino itself, then I suggest you store those standard values in EEPROM.

EDIT: it might be better to use ADXL345 instead, then you can read them all using the SPI bus. You'll need to use 15 of the 20 digital I/O pins for the CS signals. If this is too much you can use a demultplexer such as 74HC4515 to generate them from 4 pins instead

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Thanks a lot for the response. It was really helpful. The problem is that only 335 was readily available in the shops nearby and I needed them urgently. Secondly I don't want to do comparisons on arduino. I want to do them with the database values only. Can I do them by saving values in csv format?

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Sure, just write the value to the serial port with commas between the values, and put a newline after each complete set of values. Then write a program for the PC that reads the data and compares it with the database.