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# SensorAccel (UORB message)

**TOPICS:** sensor_accel

## Fields

| Name             | Type       | Unit [Frame] | Range/Enum | Description                                                               |
| ---------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| timestamp        | `uint64`   |              |            | time since system start (microseconds)                                    |
| timestamp_sample | `uint64`   |              |            |
| device_id        | `uint32`   |              |            | unique device ID for the sensor that does not change between power cycles |
| x                | `float32`  |              |            | acceleration in the FRD board frame X-axis in m/s^2                       |
| y                | `float32`  |              |            | acceleration in the FRD board frame Y-axis in m/s^2                       |
| z                | `float32`  |              |            | acceleration in the FRD board frame Z-axis in m/s^2                       |
| temperature      | `float32`  |              |            | temperature in degrees Celsius                                            |
| error_count      | `uint32`   |              |            |
| clip_counter     | `uint8[3]` |              |            | clip count per axis in the sample period                                  |
| samples          | `uint8`    |              |            | number of raw samples that went into this message                         |

## Constants

| Name                                            | Type    | Value | Description |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----- | ----------- |
| <a id="#ORB_QUEUE_LENGTH"></a> ORB_QUEUE_LENGTH | `uint8` | 8     |

## Source Message

[Source file (GitHub)](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/msg/SensorAccel.msg)

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```c
uint64 timestamp          # time since system start (microseconds)
uint64 timestamp_sample

uint32 device_id          # unique device ID for the sensor that does not change between power cycles

float32 x                 # acceleration in the FRD board frame X-axis in m/s^2
float32 y                 # acceleration in the FRD board frame Y-axis in m/s^2
float32 z                 # acceleration in the FRD board frame Z-axis in m/s^2

float32 temperature       # temperature in degrees Celsius

uint32 error_count

uint8[3] clip_counter     # clip count per axis in the sample period

uint8 samples             # number of raw samples that went into this message

uint8 ORB_QUEUE_LENGTH = 8
```

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