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Best Accelerometer Module for Speed and Tilt Measurement Project?

I am working on a project that will measure and calculate the speed of a moving object and tilt angle

which accelerometer module will be suitable for this project
@PCB & Analog @MCU, MPU & Firmware
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I suppose it would depend to some extent on your accuracy requirements. The MPU6050 was mentioned, in its defense I suspect there are more examples etc for it than just about anything else, so that might be a vote for choosing it. Also, they're not too expensive (though not certain how they stack up to others.

Depending on the situation, you might check out the XIAO nRF2840 board. Tiny and has an MCU built-in. I did a writeup on it here: https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/open-source/development-kits/seeed-studio-xiao-nrf52840-sense-big-capabilities-in-a-small-package though haven't really used it since then.
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Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Sense: Big Capabilities in a Small Packa...
In conjunction with some WIP guitar hacking for JCo Audio, I needed a very small dev board with battery management built-in for hassle-free portable usage. Per a suggestion, I got much more than that in the form of the Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Sense.
Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Sense: Big Capabilities in a Small Packa...
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