List of Figures

Figures
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Mechanical Throttle Control

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Damaged Wires in Mechanical Throttling Ride by Wire Drives used in Ride by Wire Features of MEMS Different Categories of MEMS ADXL335 MEMS Accelerometer Operating Principle of MEMS Accelerometer Applications for MEMS in Automobiles
General Purpose PIC Microcontroller

Arduino ATMEGA 168 Microcontroller Accelerometer in a Handheld Device Pitch Definition Roll Definition Tilt Measurement in Single Axis 360o Rotation of a Single Axis of the Acceleometer

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List of Figures

Figures
5.6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8

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Plot of 360o Rotation of a Single Axis of the Accelerometer Crystalline Arrangement of SMA in Different Phase Contraction of an SMA Wire as a Function of Temperature Shape Memory Effect in Shape Memory Materials Pseudo Elastic Effect in Shape Memory Materials Schematic Representation of the Shape Memory Effect and Super Elasticity Schematic Representation of the Hysteresis Loop Stress/strain Curves at Different Temperatures Schematic Representation of the One Way and Two Way Shape Memory Effect

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7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6

Accelerometer Output through Microcontroller Microcontroller Output to the Actuator Microcontroller Output for Tilt Angle 51o Microcontroller Output for Tilt Angle 45o Microcontroller Output for Tilt Angle 59o Microcontroller Output for Tilt Angle 25o

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