Accelerometer

What is an accelerometer?

Device

Produces voltage proportional to Instantaneous

acceleration

The meter is calibrated to display Acceleration,

Velocity & Displacement
 How?
Acceleration of a body in
Measure Proper
Acceleration its own instantaneous rest
frame

Measure Acceleration
Forces

Static Dynamics
 Static Acceleration
Mobile Tilt Saving Data Air-bag
Activation
 Dynamic Acceleration
Navigation Flight
Stabilization
 Piezoelectric Accelerometer
Principle -

NEWTONS THIRD LAW

Force exerted on the

material Electrostatic
voltage generated by the
piezoelectric material.

Force .. two types bending or compression

Why Piezoelectric Accelerometer, out
of many option Available

Upper frequency range

Low packaged weight and

High temperature range

Where we found it?

Engine Knock Sensors

Shock Pulse Monitoring of Motor Bearings
Vibration Testing and Monitoring
Inertial Navigation
Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Impact Testing
Vehicle Stability Control
 Piezoresistive Accelerometer

Pressure or stress resistance

Configured into a
Wheatstone bridge circuit

Volatage
Why Piezoresistive Accelerometer, out
of many option Available

High Shock Applications

 Capacitive accelerometers
Two parallel plate capacitors
The detection circuit captures the induced
peak voltage
final output signal a summing amplifier.
Why Capacitive Accelerometer, out of
many option Available

Sensitive
 Seismic accelerometer
spring mass-damper system which
accomplishes the task of acceleration
measurement through displacement.
Relative mass movement is sensed and
indicated by an electrical displacement
transducer.
Thermal convection accelerometer
Accelerometer contains a small heater at the
bottom of a very small dome Heats the air inside
the dome Air rises
Movement of gas under acceleration changes
thermal profile.
Under zero acceleration the heat gradient will be
symmetrical.
 Hall Effect
These measure voltage variations stemming
from a change in the magnetic field around
the accelerometer.
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