Hi everyone
I'm really new to electronics and am looking to use an ADXL377 accelerometer to activate another component when a certain acceleration is detected, so was thinking of using a Schmitt trigger for each axis of acceleration which would provide the voltage required for the other component to operate when the acceleration reached a certain value (for reference, the accelerations to trigger the component would be 8G for x-axis, 12G for y-axis or 18G for z-axis). Is this the best way to make the circuit work?
Also, my understanding of the ADXL377 is that the output voltage is 1.5V at 0G, so -200G would give an output of 0V and +200G would give an output of 3V. Is this correct?
Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance :)
