Accelerometers are becoming increasingly important instruments, both for scientific tests and for general purpose devices, the best example being the wireless controller of Nintendo's Wii gaming console, which incorporates such a tool. Nevertheless, scientific tests represent the most important area in which these items are used, and one of the most interesting devices developed in this purpose is the GP1 Programmable Accelerometer built by the Sensr company.



The GP1 is a 3-axis motion recording instrument which allows users to record several important parameters like motions, impacts, shocks, drops, orientation and temperature. Since it is very small, it can be attached to just about any device, and doesn't require too much power either, its 2 AA batteries providing it with up to 40 days of functioning time. The device is made of billet aluminum and has a weight of 232 grams, including the batteries.



What’s interesting is that the GP1 Programmable Accelerometer works with multiple applications such as Research and Development, Product Testing, Transit Monitoring and Asset Management.



Among the technical features of the product, we can also mention the USB connectivity support, the 1000 g accelerometer shock limit, the DC-48Hz frequency response and the memory capacity providing more than 570000 data points.



In case you intend to acquire such a device, the package will also bring you a USB cable, the batteries, the quick start guide and the help manuals supposed to allow you to take advantage of all the features of the product. And because we’re talking about the acquisition process, the device has a price of approximately 600 bucks which is not such a high price if you consider the fact that is supposed to be used in scientific tests.