#define LED_PIN 9 const int xInput = A0; const int yInput = A1; const int zInput = A2; // initialize minimum and maximum Raw Ranges for each axis int RawMin = 0; int RawMax = 1023; // Take multiple samples to reduce noise const int sampleSize = 10; void setup() { analogReference(EXTERNAL); pinMode( LED_PIN, OUTPUT ); Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { //Read raw values int xRaw = ReadAxis(xInput); int yRaw = ReadAxis(yInput); int zRaw = ReadAxis(zInput); // Convert raw values to 'milli-Gs" long xScaled = map(xRaw, RawMin, RawMax, -3000, 3000); long yScaled = map(yRaw, RawMin, RawMax, -3000, 3000); long zScaled = map(zRaw, RawMin, RawMax, -3000, 3000); // re-scale to fractional Gs float xAccel = xScaled / 1000.0; float yAccel = yScaled / 1000.0; float zAccel = zScaled / 1000.0; if (detectChute(xAccel, yAccel, zAccel)) { Serial.println("Down"); delay(200); digitalWrite( LED_PIN, HIGH ); delay(2000); digitalWrite( LED_PIN, LOW ); } } // Take samples and return the average int ReadAxis(int axisPin) { long reading = 0; analogRead(axisPin); delay(1); for (int i = 0; i < sampleSize; i++) { reading += analogRead(axisPin); } return reading/sampleSize; } bool detectChute(float x,float y,float z){ return abs(x) < 0.3 && abs(y) < 0.3 && abs(z) <0.3; }