A Method for Calibrating Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Accelerometer for Use as a Tilt and Seismograph Sensor

Author

Zanjani, Pooya Najafi ; Abraham, Ajith

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Eng. Dept., Azad Univ. of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

fYear

2010

fDate

24-26 March 2010

Firstpage

637

Lastpage

641

Abstract

Accelerometer is a mechanical or an electronic sensing device, typically used in detecting both static acceleration (gravity or G-value) and dynamic acceleration (centrifugal or linear acceleration). The present method provides a calibration system for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer for using it as tilt and seismograph sensor. The calibration system includes a calibration clamp, placed on a calibrated platform and a low cost microcontroller base data acquisition board.

Keywords

accelerometers; calibration; data acquisition; microcontrollers; seismometers; calibration clamp; dynamic acceleration; micro electro mechanical systems accelerometer; microcontroller base data acquisition board; seismograph sensor; static acceleration; tilt sensor; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Calibration; Clamps; Costs; Gravity; Mechanical sensors; Mechanical systems; Micromechanical devices; Sensor systems; Accelerometer; Calibration Method; MEMS; Seismograph Sensor; Tilt Sensor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6614-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UKSIM.2010.121

Filename

5481238