Accelerometer Sensing#

To make Accelerometer Sensor blocks appear in VEXcode V5, a 3-Wire Accelerometer Sensor must be configured in the Devices window.

For more information, refer to these articles:

Accelerometer Acceleration#

The Accelerometer Acceleration block is used to report the acceleration value from one axis on the Analog Accelerometer.

VEXcode blocks stack of code containing a Accel2g3g acceleration in g block.#
  ([Accel2G3G v] acceleration in g)

The Accelerometer Acceleration block reports a range from -2.0 G to 2.0 G or -6.0 G to 6.0 G depending upon the jumper setting on the Analog Accelerometer.

Choose which Accelerometer to use.

Image of an accelerometer displaying acceleration values for various axes in a robotics context.

In this example, the Drivetrain will drive forward for 1 second before its current acceleration is printed on the Brain’s screen.

VEXcode blocks stack of code containing a when started block, a drive forward block, a wait 1 second block, a print Accel2g3g acceleration in g on Brain and set cursor to next row block.#
  when started :: hat events
  [Drive forward for 1 second.]
  drive [forward v]
  wait (1) seconds
  [Print the current acceleration after 1 second.]
  print ([Accel2G3G v] acceleration in g) on [Brain v] ◀ and set cursor to next row
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