Tilt Sensor Module

The tilt sensor is a component that can detect the tilting of an object. However it is only the equivalent to a pushbutton activated through a different physical mechanism.

This type of sensor is the environmental-friendly version of a mercury-switch. It contains a metallic ball inside that will commute the two pins of the device from on to off and vice versa if the sensor reaches a certain angle.

Datasheet:

http://www.energiazero.org/arduino_sensori/tilt_sensor_module.pdf