Accelerometer angle measurement on rotating arm

Hi ,
This is my first post on this forum, so I apologize if I have posted in
wrong area.

I want to measure the angle of a rotating crank arm, using an
accelerometer.

I have XY acceleration data, and a digital one pulse per rev signal.
Could a Kalman filter be implemented using this data?
Cheers
XYZ

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:02:24 -0500, xyzaxis wrote:

> Hi ,
> This is my first post on this forum, so I apologize if I have posted in
> wrong area.
> 
> I want to measure the angle of a rotating crank arm, using an
> accelerometer.
> 
> I have XY acceleration data, and a digital one pulse per rev signal.
> Could a Kalman filter be implemented using this data? Cheers
> XYZ

Assuming that the rotating crank arm is attached to an accelerated frame, 
and if the ambient acceleration is on the x-y plane.

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