BuiltInAccelerometer

class wpilib.BuiltInAccelerometer(range=2)

Bases: wpilib.LiveWindowSendable

Built-in accelerometer device

This class allows access to the RoboRIO’s internal accelerometer.

Constructor.

Parameters:range (Accelerometer.Range) – The range the accelerometer will measure. Defaults to +/-8g if unspecified.

class Range

Bases: object

k16G = 3

k2G = 0

k4G = 1

k8G = 2

BuiltInAccelerometer.free()

BuiltInAccelerometer.getX()

Returns:The acceleration of the RoboRIO along the X axis in g-forces Return type:float

BuiltInAccelerometer.getY()

Returns:The acceleration of the RoboRIO along the Y axis in g-forces Return type:float

BuiltInAccelerometer.getZ()

Returns:The acceleration of the RoboRIO along the Z axis in g-forces Return type:float

BuiltInAccelerometer.setRange(range)

Set the measuring range of the accelerometer.

Parameters:range (BuiltInAccelerometer.Range) – The maximum acceleration, positive or negative, that the accelerometer will measure.