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| Junior Member Posts: 12 Join Date: Nov 2008 |  Accelerometer -
11-15-2008, 07:01 AM
Hi. I´d love to see a tutorial for installing an accelerometer. Since the mini is an excellent pdf reader, it would be nice to be able to make it rotate the screen automatically when the unit gets rotated. On the other hand that might be overkill... does anybody know of a good utility which makes the screen rotate with just one click, as well as adjust the touchpad to the rotation? |
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| Founder  Posts: 1,855 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hampshire, UK  | Re: Accelerometer -
11-16-2008, 11:28 AM
hmm how do they work? Wouldn't it have to be installed in the monitor casing to work properly? |
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| Senior Member  Posts: 371 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Francisco  | Re: Accelerometer -
11-16-2008, 06:01 PM
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but you are probably better off just getting that eee switcher program. it just switches the resolution into portrait mode. it was posted on this forum once, but google should be able to find it for you Mini9 Black/32GB RunCore/1GB/BT/Leopard 2.4GHz Aluminum iMac/320GB/4GB/Leopard 1.83GHz White iMac/150GB/1.5GB/Leopard Server 733MHz PowerMac G4 40GB/512MB/Tiger Server 500MHz PowerBook G3 40GB/1GB/Tiger 25MHz NeXT Cube 750MB/16MB/NeXTSTEP 3.3 | |
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| Junior Member Posts: 1 Join Date: Dec 2008 | Re: Accelerometer -
12-02-2008, 07:48 PM
Great idea! I could see using this for games (I think I could hold the mini and 'steer', e.g., long enough to enjoy some down time). USB accelerometer: http://www.robotshop.ca/phidgets-usb-ac ... ter-1.html |
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| Member Posts: 47 Join Date: Nov 2008 | Re: Accelerometer -
12-03-2008, 03:26 AM
the other alternative would be to use ctrl-alt arrow keys to quick rotate the screen. |
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| Member Posts: 33 Join Date: Oct 2008 | Re: Accelerometer -
12-04-2008, 07:32 AM
this would be a great idea! i would like to try this and use my mini 9 as a data logger to measure my performance on a race track, i see the various accelerometers on the given website above, in chip and usb form, i wonder how it will work in chip form or is the usb necessary? |
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| Senior Member Posts: 112 Join Date: Nov 2008 | Re: Accelerometer -
12-04-2008, 01:03 PM
Also it would be great to use the accelerometer to detect if the laptop was dropped then to try and park the hard disk heads before it.... oh wait I just realised something.  Hacked MacBook Air SuperDrive. Real HD LED. Quad booting OS X, Ubuntu 8.1, XP Pro and Windows 7. |
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| Expert Member  Posts: 867 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA | Re: Accelerometer -
12-04-2008, 02:25 PM
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Nice bit o' geek humor right there! :ugeek: (Meant on the best possible way!) Former Inspiron Mini 9 Owner, Modder, Enthusiast | |
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| Senior Member Posts: 241 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Beaumont, TX US  | Re: Accelerometer -
12-04-2008, 02:45 PM
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Internal Mods > usb hub, 16gb flash drive, 8gb flash drive, added webcam, changed kbd Software Mods > Dellbuntu 8.04.1 | Gentoo 2008.0 | |
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| Expert Member Posts: 867 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA | Re: Accelerometer -
12-04-2008, 04:27 PM
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Plenty of room to mount it too. Very interesting! Former Inspiron Mini 9 Owner, Modder, Enthusiast | ||
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