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  • Here are some things to try.

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    Register 0x28—THRESH_FF (Read/Write)
    The THRESH_FF register is eight bits and holds the threshold
    value, in unsigned format, for free-fall detection. The acceleration on
    all axes is compared with the value in THRESH_FF to determine if
    a free-fall event occurred. The scale factor is 62.5 mg/LSB. Note
    that a value of 0 mg may result in undesirable behavior if the freefall
    interrupt is enabled. Values between 300 mg and 600 mg
    (0x05 to 0x09) are recommended.
    Register 0x29—TIME_FF (Read/Write)
    The TIME_FF register is eight bits and stores an unsigned time
    value representing the minimum time that the value of all axes
    must be less than THRESH_FF to generate a free-fall interrupt.
    The scale factor is 5 ms/LSB. A value of 0 may result in undesirable
    behavior if the free-fall interrupt is enabled. Values between 100 ms
    and 350 ms (0x14 to 0x46) are recommended.

    • The interrupt polarity could be flipped.
      Register 0x31 bit D5
      INT_INVERT Bit
      A value of 0 in the INT_INVERT bit sets the interrupts to active
      high, and a value of 1 sets the interrupts to active low.
  • I might be wrong of course, but I was expecting the ff function to convert my values. The docs on Espruino ADXL345 mention that the values are mg. It's also kind of working, it just happends the free fall event is only triggered once the device moves again.

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