connect inclinometer sensor

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my project is use a VTI SCA610 inclinometer sensor to
connect on the board of Arduino Sensor Shield V5.0,
what i need to do?
where the line to connect?
need add any element between them?
can anyone help me?

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here is datasheet of VTI SCA610 inclinometer sensor
http://www.vti.fi/midcom-serveattachmentguid-3e9dbe96363583705f8e7d7923d5f9bc/SCA610_accelerometer_Rev_3.pdf

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Looks fairly straightforward - direct connection, treat it like any other analogue accelerometer.
Not sure what the sensor shield is - just looks like a bunch of connectors.

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maybe you can not sure what the Arduino Sensor Shield V5.0 is,
it's ok,
can anyone use the VTI SCA610 inclinometer sensor by Arduino?
how to use it?

5

I'm having problems finding out what the "Sensor Shield" is.
Can you provide a link to it that doesn't involve Chinese (?) characters?

Do you know what the sensitivity of your inclinometer is?
There seem to be a few variants.

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Basically, the "sensor shield" is just that; connectors. These connectors mate up with "sensors" that have their own connectors on the end of a cable; kinda like a lego form of Arduino set up. You can find both (sensors and shield) being sold by vendors on ebay (drop shipped from Hong Kong, usually).

:slight_smile:

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Seeeduino carries the connector shields and sensors that plug into them. It's called the Electronic Brick series. They also sell just the connectors so you can wire any device to utlilize their shield:

http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/electronic-brick-shield-v4-p-458.html?cPath=48_49&zenid=9f6118c193cee9f8b7337d4df91a2eca

The whole line-up:

http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/electronic-brick-c-48.html?zenid=9f6118c193cee9f8b7337d4df91a2eca

Lefty

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thank your reply,
yes,Electronic Brick Shield V4 is Arduino Sensor Shield V4.0,

chinese website:
http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db1-2dba4a51276bebdf39e6c139ce69f51e.htm
you can see the word of Arduino Sensor Shield V4.0,

upgrade new one is Arduino Sensor Shield V5.0,

so can anyone help me, thank you,
maybe you will need use inclinometer sensor one day,

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Unless the inclinometer is already soldered to a lead and plug/socket that the shield accepts, the shield looks to me to be redundant.

Just wire up power and ground, and put a lead from the inclinometer's output into one of the Arduino's analogue inputs.

10 or 20 lines of code should have you printing out the analogue voltage.

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thanks,
possible it so simple,
the best result
when i turn up or down the sensor then the data will change on the screen,
i like to try it,