Performance evaluation of MEMS accelerometers
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Researchers have been looking for alternatives of expensive conventional accelerometers in vibration measurements. Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer is one of the available options. Here the performance of one of these MEMS accelerometers compared with a well known commercial accelerometer.
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