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For this project, we ended up using four different accelerometers to get the desired feedback we wanted. The first two accelerometers we attempted to use were on the MPU-92/65 PCB. The first was the 9250 series and the second was the 6500 series. We were not able to get acceleration readings through online libraries and research for these accelerometers. We were able to get gyroscope readings from the 9250 but this only led to getting angular velocity and not linear acceleration or velocity. We then tried using the MMA7455 accelerometer. This accelerometer worked perfectly and we were able to get some basic feedback code written for it. We designed a housing for this accelerometer and began to mount it when we started having problems with it. When we changed the wires it would lose connection to the Arduino and become unusable. We tried many many different wires, changing the type and length to no success. After the presentation, we got our hands on were able to obtain a fourth and final accelerometer that we were able to mount on the mechanism and control its velocity. This model was the MMA8452.
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