Re: Project Suggestions???

I always thought a good little project would be to send an accelerometer
through different mail services to see how your package was being treated.
Here is how I would design it:

A PICF676 connected to two ADXL321, a NX25P16, a MAX232 and a switch
(Energizer L91s and linear reg). The two accelerometers are to cover all
three axis. The PIC reads the three axis of the ADXL321s at a rate of lets
say 100Hz. Take the maximum value during a one second period and store it as
a single byte in the SPIFLASH (NX25P16). This will give you data every
second for a period of about two weeks with a .07 g's resolution. When the
PIC senses the closure of the switch the data is read from the flash and
dumped across RS232 to a PC, where you can plot and analyze the data.

I would build a couple or so, so you could get a few tests running in
parallel. I bet the data would be quite interesting.

Thomas Magma




"Angad" <kamat.angad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1114619815.245714.9050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi there. I'm an undergrad (in computer science and engineering) about
> to go to final year. In our final year, we're required to do an
> year-long project. I was hoping if anyone could suggest me a REALLY
> GOOD project in embedded systems. Though I do not have any hands-on
> experience in such programming, I would definitely work for it.
>


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