Step Counter

The objective of this experiment is to calculate the number of steps that you have taken as a proxy to the distance you have walked.

Configure the Lab 15 firware to record the acceleration. Attached the development board/daughter board combo to your person, start logging data and walk or run a known distance - perhaps once around a track.

Stop logging the data and then spool it to a file. You can import the file in Excel or into Matlab (using a command like noiseData = importdata("rawDataFromPutty.csv");). Plot the data to produce something like the image below.


You will need to write a function (in excel, Matlab or a programming language) that uses this data to count the number of steps taken. Multiple this by your stride length to estimate the distance you traveled and compare it against the actual distance you traveled.