[OSM-talk] Motion sensors for navigation

[John Smith]

On 23 March 2010 22:35, Emilie Laffray <emilie.laffray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mobile phones with gyroscopes?? I didn't realize mobile phones were having
> so many complex and expensive pieces in them. Most phones have now
> accelerometers with 3 Axis enabled; I just didn't realize some had
> gyroscopes too.

I'm not sure about gyroscopes, since they can't be done on a chip, but
there is other techniques to get G forces and direction...

AK8976A - 3-axis Accelerometer, 3-axis Magnetic field sensor
(compass), Orientation sensor, Temperature sensor