Questions tagged [accelerometer]
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Surface Type Cover stops working when rotated
I'd like to be able to use my Surface Pro 6 in this sort of position:
The rotation lock button is disabled when the keyboard is connected, so I first disconnected the keyboard and enabled rotation ...
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Kionix Accelerometers not recognizing Hinge Angle
I have a notebook that has two accelerometers in it, a third device called "HingeAngle Device" and a service called "HingeAngle Service" which is somehow coupled with that device. ...
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AcclerometerSt.exe - System Error, VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing from your computer
I recently purchased a refurbished HP ENVY m6 notebook (running 64-bit Windows 10) and upon startup, the error message (written in the title of this question) appears. After researching the problem, ...
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accelerometerSt.exe isn't compatible with latest windows 10 update
AccelerometerSt.exe isn't compatible with latest update and tells me that uninstalling then reinstalling may help.
HP Pavilion laptop.
HP 3D DriveGuard only compatible with Windows 8 and below.
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How to auto-rotate the screen using Yoga 900's accelerometer?
The Yoga 900 has an accelerometer which should allow auto-rotation behavior.
On installing
https://github.com/hadess/iio-sensor-proxy (Linux*, LightDM) it is possible to run monitor-sensor.
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Wiimote accelerometer input on Windows? (from 2013 onwards - Glovepie alternative?)
There were a few options for getting accelerometer input into Windows using a Nintendo Wiimote.
As of mid 2013, these projects seem to be dead, corrupted with malware, or both.
Are there any tools ...
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What is the use of an accelerometer in a laptop that only has an SSD?
I'm referring to the HP ENVY 15 I7 7500U 12 512 FHD laptop that comes only with an SSD and has an accelerometer. I know the traditional use for an accelerometer is to protect hard drives that has a ...
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Why does my (HP Pavilion) notebook have an accelerometer?
I have an HP Pavilion DM3 notebook, running Debian Squeeze GNU/Linux (although I doubt that's relevant to my question). Browsing through the device manager listing, I found an entry for an "ST ...
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Do SSD-based Apple laptops contain accelerometers?
Do modern SSD-based MacBook Pro's have an accelerometer / gyroscope / sudden motion sensor?
On my old 2007 MacBook Pro I used to see the Chrome logo shift and tilt on this HTML5 Rocks page, and I'd ...
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Does HDAPS wear out a hard-drive?
I’ve installed hdapsd on my Thinkpad. It is a Linux daemon for hdaps that parks the hard-drive whenever the accelerometer detects a shock. Since installing it, I have noticed that even small movements ...
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is there a way to turn off active protection system (harddrive shake detection) on linux
i have thinkpad x201 tablet. when i ride in a car, the laptop shakes a lot. on win 7 i can lower sensitivity. is there a way to do this on ubuntu?
at the moment i use virtualbox
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What kind of computers/laptops support the new orientation features of Firefox 3.6?
I just downloaded Firefox 3.6 today and I noticed in the list of new features they have an Orientation API that can detect the direction that your laptop/computer is tilted. This is clearly a ...
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Laptop Accelerometers
I have an HP TouchSmart tablet. Are there any USB accelerometers that I can attach to the tablet and make it behave like the iPhone screen does when the device is turned?
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