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An acceleration measurement system using a piezoelectric material is described. The main advantages of this sensor are that it has a very low cost compared with other sensors and that there are no moving parts. The piezoelectric material used in this sensor was either a pre-polarised PVDF film or a polymer/ceramic piezoelectric composite of (PTCa:P(VDF/TrFE) 50:50 vol%). The measured sensitivity for the PVDF accelerometer is in the range of 0.07 pC rad -1 s -2 to 0.12 pC rad -1 s -2 . For the polymer/ceramic piezoelectric composite the sensitivity varies from 0.03 pC rad -1 s -2 to 0.06 pC rad -1 s -2 . The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions.