olvvier/apple-silicon-accelerometer

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1221 stars · 64 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Python library that reads the undocumented MEMS accelerometer and gyroscope on Apple Silicon MacBooks via IOKit HID, along with lid angle and ambient light sensors. It accesses the AppleSPUHIDDevice directly since no public API exposes these sensors.

Use cases

• read accelerometer data from macbook in python
• access gyroscope on apple silicon mac
• detect taps or slaps on macbook lid
• build typing-force sound effects from keyboard vibration
• read lid angle and ambient light sensor on macos
• reverse engineer hidden sensors on m2 m3 m4 macbooks

When to choose

• you need real-time motion sensor data on an Apple Silicon MacBook
• you want to build apps reacting to physical taps, slaps, or typing force
• you're researching undocumented Apple hardware interfaces

When to avoid

• you need guaranteed support across all Apple Silicon models (only tested on M3 Pro)
• you need a public, stable Apple API for motion sensors
• you're on Intel Macs or non-Apple hardware

Facets

library · maturity active

sdk developer-tools hardware apple-ecosystem developer-tools operating-systems python cli accelerometer gyroscope iokit hid apple-silicon mems sensor-processing-unit reverse-engineering motion-sensors macbook hardware macos

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