The mobile acceleration sensor has been used to in Physics experiments on free and damped oscillations. Results for the period, frequency, spring constant and damping constant match very well to measurements obtained by other methods. The Accelerometer Monitor application for Android has been used to get the outputs of the sensor. Perspectives for the Physics laboratory have also been discussed.
@article{arxiv.1212.4403,
title = {Using the mobile phone acceleration sensor in Physics experiments: free and damped harmonic oscillations},
author = {Juan Carlos Castro-Palacio and Luisberis Velazquez-Abad and Marcos H. Gimenez and Juan A. Monsoriu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.4403},
year = {2012}
}