ALWAYS-ON SHOCK AND ORIENTATION DETECTION

The present disclosure is directed to shock and orientation detection for an electronic device. The shock detection detects shock events, such as an accidental drop of the device, and the orientation detection detects the orientation of the device at the time of the detected shock event. The detected shock event and orientations are stored in non-volatile memory. The shock and orientation detection are implemented in low power hardware without any host intervention, and may be implemented as an always-on feature that executes even when the device is in an off or low power state.