Vibration data transfer

i am looking at building a circuit that would receive data from an accelerometer fitted to a Model engine to record vibration data (to replicate a helicopter engine),

it would then store the data of flight duration before transferring the vibration data via Bluetooth to a laptop/tablet.

my query is what type of board would be the most beneficial to use?

Also is it possible to fit an accelerometer (piezoelectric sensor) to the pc board?

thank you in advance for your time over this,

by Shaggy74
November 13, 2017

Your project can be split into g sensing circuit and bluetooth device. The g sensor would use a circuit like this: http://cds./image/582_circuit_1.jpg and the bluetooth device may be purchased from many suppliers but is expensive. I would suggest using a simple fm tx/rx modules, https://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=302_312&products_id=2753 and https://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=302_312&products_id=2752 at only seven quid each.

by mikerogerswsm
November 14, 2017

Here's a simpler circuit: http://www.ti.com/ods/images/SNOSBH4E/00565266.png

by mikerogerswsm
November 14, 2017

Thank you, I really appreciate your time. Best regards. mark

by Shaggy74
November 14, 2017

No Answers

No answers yet. Contribute your answer below!


Your Answer

You must log in or create an account (free!) to answer a question.

Log in Create an account


Go Ad-Free. Activate your CircuitLab membership. No more ads. Save unlimited circuits. Run unlimited simulations.

Search Questions & Answers


Ask a Question

Anyone can ask a question.

Did you already search (see above) to see if a similar question has already been answered? If you can't find the answer, you may ask a question.


About This Site

CircuitLab's Q&A site is a FREE questions and answers forum for electronics and electrical engineering students, hobbyists, and professionals.

We encourage you to use our built-in schematic & simulation software to add more detail to your questions and answers.

Acceptable Questions:

  • Concept or theory questions
  • Practical engineering questions
  • “Homework” questions
  • Software/hardware intersection
  • Best practices
  • Design choices & component selection
  • Troubleshooting

Unacceptable Questions:

  • Non-English language content
  • Non-question discussion
  • Non-electronics questions
  • Vendor-specific topics
  • Pure software questions
  • CircuitLab software support

Please respect that there are both seasoned experts and total newbies here: please be nice, be constructive, and be specific!

About CircuitLab

CircuitLab is an in-browser schematic capture and circuit simulation software tool to help you rapidly design and analyze analog and digital electronics systems.