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Accelerometer Class Reference

Summary 
Used to access the accelerometer on the device. The device accelerometer is represented in javascript by using the require statement.

Example 
accelerometer = require( "accelerometer" ); 
accelerometer.onEvent = function(event){ 
console.log( "Got the event"); 
console.log( " timestamp: " + event.timestamp); 
console.log( " x: " + event.x); 
console.log( " y: " + event.y); 
console.log( " z: " + event.z); 
}

accelerometer.startEvents( .5 ); 
document.wait(); 


onEvent 
Install a function on this property that will be called at the interval specified in the startEvents method. The function should have the following prototype:

void onEventCallback(event)

Parameters 
event - An event object with a timestamp, x, y, and z properties. These properties are all double values.

Return Value 
none


startEvents 
Establishes the interval that the onEvent callback will be called.

void startEvents(interval)

Parameters 
interval - A double value, in seconds

Return Value 
none


stopEvents 
Stops sending events to the onEvents callback

void stopEvents()

Parameters 
None

Return Value 
none