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Then again, folks have done it for the Palm
Yes, but the Palm is a massive market compared with the 50G though. Plus it has a bigger more suitable screen, is more readily available , development tools are better etc
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and I've heard of one that was software only that worked with a high-end notebook computer sound card.
Yes, plenty of those around, even Freeware.
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I figured that somebody might've programmed one almost for fun.
Well, software ain't enough of course, you need a decent hardware front end.
Do you *really* want to see FFT's on that tiny 50G screen?
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You need to get in touch with Brian McGuire at Saltire Software. They are developing this. The prototype was demonstrated at last year's conference (HHC2006) and it was excellent. Sadly, nothing seems to have happened in the meantime.
He demonstrated an accelerometer attached to a wooden ruler which was "pinged" on the desk. So it is more than capable of picking up your 20Hz max frequency but you would have to ask about the sensitivity. (Although the instrument bit is interchangeable so you could always fit a more sensitive accelerometer.)
Please do get in touch with him (and hassle through Richard Nelson if you don't get anywhere) because if you were willing to be a real-life case-study then that might just give HP the impetus they need to give Saltire a poke and get things going again.