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There's no accelerometer on board. I was trying to do something to detect speed using the magnetometer, but didn't have a lot of luck. Changes in orientation are easy, speed in a direction not so easy. I'd be interested if other people have had more success with this.
Ollie-
thx for pointing that out, I am thinking of adding one. Is there an accelerometer that you would recommend based on great APIs that are available on espruino? I think these adxl accelerometers are cheap, but of course even the smallest board adds to the overall size. But this is where the 3d files come in handy, as I can design a bigger enclosure with the same fitting puck in the middle for example.
so, wiht an accelerometer - I would every few ms check for the gravity and if that dramatically decreases, your either in an elevator or falling... any ideas?
hansamann
Hi Gordon & Community,
I am currently looking into a eHealth prototype using the puck. The idea is that elderly people wear the puck as akind of necklace and it can be used for things like:
This is also the reason I am looking into the http proxy with EspruinoHub. I want puck to scan for ble beacons every few seconds, then the closest beacon should be reported to an HTTP api. The same for button presses or the fall detection.
This is very early, we're just beginnging to look into it. From a technical point of view, I think it is very much possible. Could I get some comments and ideas from @Gordon and the rest of the community?