TIA

So you're using a strain gage accelerometer (or a piezo with a big diaphragm)?

(That's not really a serious question, as it wouldn't affect anything I can say that would be helpful.)

Obviously you have the number one problem of nearly all high-tech experimentation:

     "You need a bigger budget!"

SPB (if I may use your first name without seeming overly friendly?)

Parity bits have pretty much been discarded in more recent computers. The one that's most concern now is proper handling of the "dirty bit." Some say those are the ones that make all the other extra bits stick to the bottom of the bit bucket so that it overflows and gets bits all over the place.

John