Accelerometer test code

accelerometer_test.pde

// Accelerometer (ADXL335) test
// Kevin Karplus
// 29 June 2011

void setup()
{
  analogReference(EXTERNAL); // essential if you are going to connect to AREF
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println("setup");
}

// I used wires to connect the breakout board to 
// three analong inputs, 3.3v, and ground.
// I also connected the AREF input of the Arduino to 3.3v

const int Xpin=2;
const int Ypin=1;
const int Zpin=0;

const int num_to_sum=1000;
const float xscale = 0.0098/num_to_sum;
const float yscale = 0.0097/num_to_sum;
const float zscale = 0.0099/num_to_sum;

const int zero_x = 500;
const int zero_y = 506;
const int zero_z = 511;

long xsum,ysum,zsum;

void loop()
{
  unsigned long startTime=millis();
  xsum = ysum = zsum = 0;
  for (int i=num_to_sum; i>0; i--)
  {    
     xsum += analogRead(Xpin) -zero_x;
     ysum += analogRead(Ypin) -zero_y;
     zsum += analogRead(Zpin) -zero_z;
  }
  Serial.print(millis()-startTime);
  float x=xscale*xsum;
  float y=yscale*ysum;
  float z=zscale*zsum;
  Serial.print(" X=");
  Serial.print(x);
  Serial.print(" Y=");
  Serial.print(y);
  Serial.print(" Z=");
  Serial.print(z);
  
  Serial.print(" total=");
  Serial.println(sqrt(x*x+y*y+z*z));
}