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Filling in and formatting accelerometer, gyroscope, and angle sections
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+<b>TODO:</b> <i>Determine range and geometric interpretation of these variables.</i>+
+<b>TODO:</b> <i>Determine range and geometric interpretation of these variables.</i>+
==== Accelerometer ====
==== Accelerometer ====
−The variables <tt>wiiu.gamepad.accX</tt>, <tt>wiiu.gamepad.accY</tt>, and <tt>wiiu.gamepad.accZ</tt> are a vector showing the current acceleration forces on the GamePad, measured in Gs. When held level and motionless, the force of gravity will cause these variables to contain the vector (0.0, -1.0, 0.0).
+The following variables hold the current state of the GamePad's accelerometers.
+{| class='wikitable'
+! Variable
+! Value
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.accX</tt>
+| Force on X (horizontal) axis
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.accY</tt>
+| Force on Y (depth) axis
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.accZ</tt>
+| Force on Z (vertical) axis
+|}
+These variables form a vector showing the current acceleration forces on the GamePad, measured in Gs. When held level and motionless, the force of gravity will cause these variables to contain the vector (0.0, -1.0, 0.0).
==== Gyroscope ====
==== Gyroscope ====
−The variables <tt>wiiu.gamepad.gyroX</tt>, <tt>wiiu.gamepad.gyroY</tt>, and <tt>wiiu.gamepad.gyroZ</tt> contain the current readings of the GamePad gyroscopes.
+The following variables hold the current state of the GamePad's gyroscopes.
+{| class='wikitable'
+! Variable
+! Value
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.gyroX</tt>
+| Rotation speed around X (horizontal) axis
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.gyroY</tt>
+| Rotation speed around Y (depth) axis
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.gyroZ</tt>
+| Rotation speed around Z (vertical) axis
+|}
−When the GamePad is motionless these values hover around 0.0.
==== Angle ====
==== Angle ====
−The variables <tt>wiiu.gamepad.angleX</tt>, <tt>wiiu.gamepad.angleY</tt>, and <tt>wiiu.gamepad.angleZ</tt> contain the current angle of the GamePad.
+The following variables hold the current angle of rotation of the GamePad.
+{| class='wikitable'
+! Variable
+! Value
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.angleX</tt>
+| Rotation around X (horizontal) axis
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.angleY</tt>
+| Rotation around Y (depth) axis
+|-
+| <tt>wiiu.gamepad.angleZ</tt>
+| Rotation around Z (vertical) axis
+|}
+A change of 1.0 in these values represents a complete revolution around the specified axis. These variables do not appear to wrap around; multiple revolutions around the same axis will cause the value to continuously increase or decrease.
−If properly calibrated, angleX and angleZ should hover around 0.0 when the GamePad is held level, but as the gyroscopes have limited range and resolution the alignment will drift with use.
==== Direction Tracking ====
==== Direction Tracking ====