Acceleration

Get the acceleration value (milli g-force), in one of three specified dimensions.

Find the acceleration of the Calliope mini (how fast it is speeding up or slowing down).

input.acceleration(Dimension.X);

You measure acceleration with the milli-g, which is 1/1000 of a g. A g is as much acceleration as you get from Earth’s gravity.

Parameters

dimension means which direction you are checking for acceleration, either Dimension.X (left and right), Dimension.Y (forward and backward), or Dimension.Z (up and down)

Returns

a number that means the amount of acceleration. When the Calliope mini is lying flat on a surface with the screen pointing up, x is 0, y is 0, and z is -1023.

Example: bar chart

This example shows the acceleration of the Calliope mini with a bar graph.

basic.forever(() => {
    led.plotBarGraph(input.acceleration(Dimension.X), 1023)
})

See also

set accelerometer range, compass heading, light level

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