maybe accelerometers aren't what i'm looking for but I'm hoping someone much more knowledgable than me can tell me if my idea is bogus or not.
I recently purchased a milling machine and need to set up Digital Readouts for the x and y. I was reading through a forum about installation and someone brought up a product called touchDRO which is readout display software that can apparently be downloaded onto tablet devices. This made me wonder if I could get around installing these large Linear Scales on my machine and instead maybe a single module on the table that can give me both at the same time. This brings me to this topic.
- Can accelerometers be used to measure distance traveled?
- If so, can a device using an accelerometer like this be repeatable, zero-able, and accurate to thousandths of inches (or hundredths of millimeters i think)?
- Is an accelerometer not what I'm looking for?
- Is there a product that can already do this?
- IS there a way to do this?
my understanding is a smart phone like iPhone can determine its position in 3D space?
hope that all made sense...
thanks!
I recently purchased a milling machine and need to set up Digital Readouts for the x and y. I was reading through a forum about installation and someone brought up a product called touchDRO which is readout display software that can apparently be downloaded onto tablet devices. This made me wonder if I could get around installing these large Linear Scales on my machine and instead maybe a single module on the table that can give me both at the same time. This brings me to this topic.
- Can accelerometers be used to measure distance traveled?
- If so, can a device using an accelerometer like this be repeatable, zero-able, and accurate to thousandths of inches (or hundredths of millimeters i think)?
- Is an accelerometer not what I'm looking for?
- Is there a product that can already do this?
- IS there a way to do this?
my understanding is a smart phone like iPhone can determine its position in 3D space?
hope that all made sense...
thanks!