Originally Posted by
SloButWide
My, how the world has changed. Nowadays, a microcontroller with an accelerometer built in is cheaper than a relay and a couple of discreet components. And mercury switches are cost and regulatory prohibitive.
Naw, I have a mercury switch that I paid about 80 cents for, and the relay is less than a buck. I'd be spending 20-30 dollars at least to prototype the digital implementation although that would be easier for me, knowing that stuff much better than the discrete electronics.