pxt-calliope/docs/reference/input/set-accelerometer-range.md

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# Set Accelerometer Range
Set up the part of the @boardname@ that measures
[acceleration](/reference/input/acceleration) (how much the microbit
is speeding up or slowing down), in case you need to measure high
or low acceleration.
```sig
input.setAccelerometerRange(AcceleratorRange.OneG);
```
## Parameters
* ``range`` means the biggest number of gravities of acceleration you
will be measuring (either `1g`, `2g`, `4g`, or `8g`). Any bigger numbers
will be ignored by your @boardname@, both when you are picking a
number of gravities, and when you are measuring acceleration.
## Example
This program sets the highest acceleration that your @boardname@
will measure is 4G. Then it shows acceleration from side to side
until you stop the program.
```blocks
input.setAccelerometerRange(AcceleratorRange.FourG);
basic.forever(() => {
basic.showNumber(input.acceleration(Dimension.X));
});
```
### ~hint
This program does not work in the simulator, only in a @boardname@.
### ~
## See Also
[compass heading](/reference/input/compass-heading),
[light level](/reference/input/light-level)