Description

So you want to measure the shifts in gravity on a wearable piece of electronics, eh? Flip your hand up/sideways/over, you’ll be able to tell using the ADXL335 on this breakout board.

The ADXL335 outputs a 0V to 3V analog signal on each of the X, Y, and Z axis. You will need to convert this analog voltage to a gravity amount and use trigonometry to calculate a true ‘angle’. If you are not looking for tilt, it is very easy to use this sensor for basic motion sensing.

LilyPad is a wearable e-textile technology developed by Leah Buechley and cooperatively designed by Leah and SparkFun. Each LilyPad was creatively designed to have large connecting pads to allow them to be sewn into clothing. Various input, output, power, and sensor boards are available. They’re even washable!

Dimensions:

• 20mm outer diameter
• Thin 0.8mm PCB

Documents:

• Schematic
• Eagle Files
• Datasheet (ADXL335)
• 3D cube project using a PIC