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Conventionally, the MEMS sensor\u2019s analog signals are converted to digital signals before radio-frequency (RF) wireless transmission. The conversion can cause a low sensitivity to the important low-frequency and low-amplitude signals. To overcome this difficulty, the authors have developed  a MEMS accelerometer system, which converts the sensor output voltage to a  frequency-modulated signal before RF transmission. This is achieved by using a Voltage to Frequency Conversion (V\/F) instead of the conventional Analog to Digital Conversion (ADC). In this paper, a prototype MEMS accelerometer system is presented, which consists of a transmitter and receiver circuit boards. The former is equipped with a MEMS accelerometer, a V\/F converter and a wireless RF transmitter, while the latter contains an RF receiver and a F\/V converter for demodulating the signal. 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