Re: mobile acceleration/rotation

2016-01-14 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Jan 14, 2016, at 6:06 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > So if the device is vertical at rest (y=-1), and falls down vertically, it > won't register any acceleration because it's already measuring the maximum in > that axis? > > In short, it's static acceleration rather than dynamic acceleration, i

Re: mobile acceleration/rotation

2016-01-14 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Jan 14, 2016, at 6:06 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > So if the device is vertical at rest (y=-1), and falls down vertically, it > won't register any acceleration because it's already measuring the maximum in > that axis? > > In short, it's static acceleration rather than dynamic acceleration, i

Re: mobile acceleration/rotation

2016-01-14 Thread Consensus IMAP
;> The device can't measure actual acceleration. It measures the forces on >> sensors in 3 axes. One of those axes will feel force from gravity. That's >> the 1. >> Jim >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Ben Rubinstein [mailto:benr...@cogapp.com]

Re: mobile acceleration/rotation

2016-01-14 Thread Ben Rubinstein
:benr...@cogapp.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 5:08 AM To: Use LiveCode Subject: mobile acceleration/rotation H - I've just tried reading the acceleration and rotation sensors. I admit to finding the whole business confusing, but it seems to me that the data accompanying t

RE: mobile acceleration/rotation

2016-01-13 Thread Jim MacConnell
2016 5:08 AM To: Use LiveCode Subject: mobile acceleration/rotation H - I've just tried reading the acceleration and rotation sensors. I admit to finding the whole business confusing, but it seems to me that the data accompanying the accelerationChanged message represents the static ori

mobile acceleration/rotation

2016-01-13 Thread Ben Rubinstein
H - I've just tried reading the acceleration and rotation sensors. I admit to finding the whole business confusing, but it seems to me that the data accompanying the accelerationChanged message represents the static orientation of the device. At first I thought that the "rotation" and "ac