[Python-talk] N95 Python Accelerometer Demo

Christopher Schmidt e-mail addresses are not shown in archives
Mon Feb 4 15:08:11 EST 2008


"So, today, I built a small application to demonstrate the use of the
accelerometer built into the Nokia N95. I decided to convert a simple
example: the ‘ball.py’ example that ships with Nokia’s distribution of
Python for Series 60 (SourceForge).

The ball.py example uses the arrow keys to move a ball around the
screen. Instead, I wanted to tilt the screen to do it.

The result came out reasonably well: I even used the webcam on the eeepc
to put together a little video..."

http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/299/accelball-python-n95-accelerometer-demo/

(It's even successfully entertained my 7 year old for whole minutes at a
time.)

Code  available from http://crschmidt.net/symbian/ .

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer


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