Article | REF: R1813 V1

Accelerometer calibration

Author: Alain BADAROUS

Publication date: December 10, 2002

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  • Accelerometry

    Accelerometry is the field of metrology that deals with the quantity "acceleration".

    It brings together all the knowledge and techniques related to :

    • instrumentation ;

    • calibration ;

    • signal processing,

    • specific to the measurement of this quantity.

    The legal unit of acceleration is the meter per second squared (m/s 2 ).

  • Accelerometer and accelerometer chain

    An accelerometer is a sensor directly subjected to the action of the measurand acceleration. It converts this mechanical quantity into a...

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