[ExI] wii controllers

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:35:58AM -0700, spike wrote:

> Suddenly and unexpectedly, a somewhat scaled down lowish bandwidth version
> of a three axis accelerometer with (apparently) imbedded firmware double
> integrators, hit the market, selling for about 40 bucks!  And I, a controls
> engineer, DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE until five years later.

Integrated accelerometers were all the rage about 15 years ago.
(I recall visiting Fraunhofer with a friend of mine to BS some
people, so we could get access to a few samples).
Now they're about everywhere, including magnetic compasses.

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