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| From | Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements |
| Date | 2024-09-05 06:22 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <vbbimc$24vjh$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <96c088c2-0161-e12a-6773-12df43e01ec0@electrooptical.net> <md7idj1plqodnthuqpcemaphbrtotlqveh@4ax.com> |
On a sunny day (Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:57:04 -0700) it happened john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in <md7idj1plqodnthuqpcemaphbrtotlqveh@4ax.com>: >On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 18:30:46 -0400, Phil Hobbs ><pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote: > >>So for this customer gig I need to measure the actual acceleration of a >>parallel-rod transmission line that's being pounded into the ground with >>a built-in slide hammer. (It's for measuring soil moisture and salinity >>by TDR.) >> >>We're thinking about putting the TDR pulser and sampler in the part that >>gets pounded (in a potted module obviously), so knowing how bad the >>acceleration gets is going to be important. I expect that it'll be >>several hundred g in volcanic soil, so a full-scale range of 1000-2000 g >>would be about right. >> >>None of the MEMS IC accelerometers go anywhere near that high. >>Measurement Specialties makes them, but they're $160 in onesies, e.g. If you can make it emit some ultrasonic sound you can measure the received frequency shift from far away? Same for RF likely... ?
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Accelerometers for >1000g measurements Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2024-09-04 18:30 -0400
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> - 2024-09-04 19:57 -0700
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-05 06:22 +0000
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> - 2024-09-05 11:02 +0100
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2024-09-05 10:28 -0400
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> - 2024-09-05 07:07 -0700
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> - 2024-09-05 15:59 +0100
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements Glen Walpert <nospam@null.void> - 2024-09-05 15:10 +0000
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2024-09-05 12:09 -0400
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> - 2024-09-05 20:55 -0700
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2024-09-05 15:46 +1000
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements Arie de Muijnck <noreply@ademu.nl> - 2024-09-05 17:35 +0200
Re: Accelerometers for >1000g measurements Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2024-09-05 12:49 -0400
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