Vibration sensor?

[BlueHouse]

Can someone recommend an inexpensive sensor to monitor and record vibrations in my home? 

I think there are some vibrations from nearby trains or planes, and I want to get an idea of when/how long/etc.  Ideally, I'd like to be able to either download a spreadsheet or see charts/graphs online. 

[HPstache]

Can someone recommend an inexpensive sensor to monitor and record vibrations in my home? 

I think there are some vibrations from nearby trains or planes, and I want to get an idea of when/how long/etc.  Ideally, I'd like to be able to either download a spreadsheet or see charts/graphs online.

If you have a smart phone, you can download a free/paid ap that will measure vibrations and allow you to download the data.  They are actually pretty accurate.

[BlueHouse]

Can someone recommend an inexpensive sensor to monitor and record vibrations in my home? 

I think there are some vibrations from nearby trains or planes, and I want to get an idea of when/how long/etc.  Ideally, I'd like to be able to either download a spreadsheet or see charts/graphs online.

If you have a smart phone, you can download a free/paid ap that will measure vibrations and allow you to download the data.  They are actually pretty accurate.

THANK YOU!!!! 

[BudgetSlasher]

I have an app on my phone (android) called SensorLab. It shows a lot of interesting things, but perhaps the interesting part for you is the accelerometer, which shows acceleration on the 3 axis in m/s2.

I'm not sure if it has a logging feature or a data download feature, but it is at least proof that these reading can be taken from a phone.

May I ask what you are going to do with the data? It seems to me that knowing how often a plane/train vibrates your house is a rather useless piece of information on its own.

If it were me and I suddenly knew that the nearby train tracks rattle my house 12 times a day for an average duration of 6 minutes each, I would get annoyed by that fact even if I hadn't noticed most of them before (due to being at work or asleep) and I would probably be even more annoyed each time I noticed it.

[BlueHouse]

I have an app on my phone (android) called SensorLab. It shows a lot of interesting things, but perhaps the interesting part for you is the accelerometer, which shows acceleration on the 3 axis in m/s2.

I'm not sure if it has a logging feature or a data download feature, but it is at least proof that these reading can be taken from a phone.

May I ask what you are going to do with the data? It seems to me that knowing how often a plane/train vibrates your house is a rather useless piece of information on its own.

If it were me and I suddenly knew that the nearby train tracks rattle my house 12 times a day for an average duration of 6 minutes each, I would get annoyed by that fact even if I hadn't noticed most of them before (due to being at work or asleep) and I would probably be even more annoyed each time I noticed it.

A lot of my neighbors seem to be able to feel vibrations from a new train tunnel and I haven't noticed it.  Other neighbors say they can feel their homes vibrate when aircraft fly overhead (depending on the aircraft and the altitude).  None of these things has really bothered me, but I started to feel as if I was having rapid heartbeats a few weeks ago and I realized that it was only happening in one room of the house and only when I was lying down.  Then I thought - what if that's not my heartbeat at all, and it's actually the bed having little tremors? 

I actually had an EKG and was cleared with no obvious signs of aFib or irregular heartbeats.  I can't feel a difference in my pulse.  I actually think it's the room shaking, and I just hadn't really noticed it before.  So it would make me feel better to be able to say "oh yeah, my house shakes too". 

[Roadrunner53]

My jerk neighbor in his 20's has a diesel truck and lets it idle for long periods of time. He also has a fork lift that he moves junk around the yard with and both are so noisy it vibrates my house and we hear a constant roar of the motors. GRRRR!!! We also have planes fly over the house regularly and helicopters.

[HPstache]

I have an app on my phone (android) called SensorLab. It shows a lot of interesting things, but perhaps the interesting part for you is the accelerometer, which shows acceleration on the 3 axis in m/s2.

I'm not sure if it has a logging feature or a data download feature, but it is at least proof that these reading can be taken from a phone.

May I ask what you are going to do with the data? It seems to me that knowing how often a plane/train vibrates your house is a rather useless piece of information on its own.

If it were me and I suddenly knew that the nearby train tracks rattle my house 12 times a day for an average duration of 6 minutes each, I would get annoyed by that fact even if I hadn't noticed most of them before (due to being at work or asleep) and I would probably be even more annoyed each time I noticed it.

A lot of my neighbors seem to be able to feel vibrations from a new train tunnel and I haven't noticed it.  Other neighbors say they can feel their homes vibrate when aircraft fly overhead (depending on the aircraft and the altitude).  None of these things has really bothered me, but I started to feel as if I was having rapid heartbeats a few weeks ago and I realized that it was only happening in one room of the house and only when I was lying down.  Then I thought - what if that's not my heartbeat at all, and it's actually the bed having little tremors? 

I actually had an EKG and was cleared with no obvious signs of aFib or irregular heartbeats.  I can't feel a difference in my pulse.  I actually think it's the room shaking, and I just hadn't really noticed it before.  So it would make me feel better to be able to say "oh yeah, my house shakes too".

So did you download the ap?  Is it showing any vibrations?

[BlueHouse]

I did download the app, but I have to leave my phone in one place and the sensor ON and recording for long periods to determine if it's vibrating.  So far, the only vibrations I'm seeing are from me picking up the phone to look.  But that's just because I haven't had much time to slow down lately.  I hope to try it out over the weekend.