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[DPRG] Sanity Check: Connecting 3.3V Accelerometer to 5V AVR

Subject: [DPRG] Sanity Check: Connecting 3.3V Accelerometer to 5V AVR
From: Jon Hylands jon at huv.com
Date: Mon Dec 10 16:28:47 CST 2007

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:14:34 GMT, "jl_harris at juno.com" <jl_harris at juno.com>
wrote:

> So what do you all think??  Can I do this without level converters on the accelerometer analog outputs?

Yes, I've done exactly that with a mega168 and a 3-axis accel.

http://www.bioloid.info/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=6-Axis+Bus+IMU

You lose some resolution on the results - your values will go between 0 -
675 instead of 0-1023, but it works fine.

Later,
Jon

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