Re: Feeling Acceleration

[Jim Pengra <pengra@whitman.edu>]

> > 2) I've never seen a force sensor yet that doesn't work by first measuring
> > acceleration.
> > ...
>
> Is there a consensus on this list on the validity of this statement?  It
> has been made repeatedly before, and as far as I recall, without
> challenge.  I would really like to know, because if there is a consensus
> in its favor, further discussion of the matter is rather pointless.

   I'm no expert on the various types of accelerometers, but I have always
assumed that they measured the force on a given mass. If they really
measure distance and time, I'd like to see one, especially if it's designed
to be located in the dark bowls of some vehicle.

--Jim (pengra@whitman.edu) Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA