Coding++ – Coding beyond screens

Motion Element

Design a security system by attaching it to a door that gives a warning when the door opens. Create a fitness tracker that measures the number of footsteps walked.

The Plezmo Motion Element recognizes the movement of the object it is attached to. It can sense motion of the Element such as up/down, forward/back or tilt as well as tap or double tap.

Detecting Motion direction - Left / Right / Front / Back
Detecting Steps
Detect tilt angle

What's Inside

Size: 40mm x 40mm x 10mm

Battery Life: approximately 4hrs

Key hardware components:

  • Smart power module to regulate the power to the element and manage charging of the battery
  • Intelligent BLE-module for communication with Apps
  • Tricolor (RGB) LEDs for status indications
  • Accelerometer to support basic features like double-tap to wake-up
  • Long-lasting 250mAH Li-Polymer battery
  • A high precision MEMS Inertial Motion Unit with a 3D digital accelerometer and a 3D digital gyroscope


def motionTiltListener1():

# Do Something


# Whenever Motion tilts one way : Left, Right, Front or Back, do something

Motion.onTilt(‘Motion’, motionTiltListener1, Tilt.LEFT)


def motionMovementListener1():

# Do Something


# Whenever Motion sensor detection movement

Motion.onMotion(‘Motion’, motionMovementListener1, Movement.START)

Detects a step

def motionStepListener1():

# Do Something


# Whenever Motion sensor detects a step

Motion.onStep(‘Motion’, motionStepListener1)

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