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Detecting Gravity with a Frequency Counter

EEVblog · Demo · 10 min · 2014 · YouTube title: EEVblog #646 - Gravity Detection Using A Frequency Counter!
Why it's here

HN links it as a hands-on demonstration that oscillator frequency depends on orientation relative to gravity.

What it covers

Dave Jones of EEVblog demonstrates that a frequency counter can detect gravity through the 2g tipover effect on quartz crystal oscillators. He shows the reading shift as the instrument's orientation changes.