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Triple axis accelerometer(MPU6050)

Introduction

The MPU-6050 combines a 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis accelerometer on the same silicon die together with an build-in Digital Motion Processor(DMP) capable of processing complex 9-axis MotionFusion algorithms, the MPU-6050A does away with the cross-axis alignment problems that can creep up on discrete parts.

Features

Input Voltage: 3V-5V

Dimensions: 20 * 15 * 1.6mm

Selectable Solder Jumpers on CLK, FSYNC and AD0

synchronization and gesture detection

Tri-Axis accelerometer with a programmable full scale range of +-2g, +-4g, +-8g and 16g

Digital Motion Processing(DMP engine offloads complex MotionFusion, sensor timing

I2C Digital-output of 6 or 9-axis MotionFusion data in rotation matrix, quaternion, Euler Angle, or raw data format

Tri-Axis angular rate sensor (gyro) with a sensitivity up to 131 LSBs/dps and a full-scale range of 250, 500, 1000, and 2000dps

Embedded algorithms for run-time bias and compass calibration. No user intervention required

Digital-output temperature sensor


Usage

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// I2C device class (I2Cdev) demonstration Arduino sketch for MPU6050 class

// 10/7/2011 by Jeff Rowberg <jeff@rowberg.net>

// Updates should (hopefully) always be available at https://github.com/jrowberg/i2cdevlib

//

// Changelog:

//     2011-10-07 - initial release


/* ============================================

I2Cdev device library code is placed under the MIT license

Copyright (c) 2011 Jeff Rowberg


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===============================================

*/


// Arduino Wire library is required if I2Cdev I2CDEV_ARDUINO_WIRE implementation

// is used in I2Cdev.h

#include "Wire.h"


// I2Cdev and MPU6050 must be installed as libraries, or else the .cpp/.h files

// for both classes must be in the include path of your project

#include "I2Cdev.h"

#include "MPU6050.h"


// class default I2C address is 0x68

// specific I2C addresses may be passed as a parameter here

// AD0 low = 0x68 (default for InvenSense evaluation board)

// AD0 high = 0x69

MPU6050 accelgyro;


int16_t ax, ay, az;

int16_t gx, gy, gz;


#define LED_PIN 13

bool blinkState = false;


void setup() {

    // join I2C bus (I2Cdev library doesn't do this automatically)

    Wire.begin();


    // initialize serial communication

    // (38400 chosen because it works as well at 8MHz as it does at 16MHz, but

    // it's really up to you depending on your project)

    Serial.begin(38400);


    // initialize device

    Serial.println("Initializing I2C devices...");

    accelgyro.initialize();


    // verify connection

    Serial.println("Testing device connections...");

    Serial.println(accelgyro.testConnection() ? "MPU6050 connection successful" : "MPU6050 connection failed");


    // configure Arduino LED for

    pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT);

}


void loop() {

    // read raw accel/gyro measurements from device

    accelgyro.getMotion6(&ax, &ay, &az, &gx, &gy, &gz);


    // these methods (and a few others) are also available

    //accelgyro.getAcceleration(&ax, &ay, &az);

    //accelgyro.getRotation(&gx, &gy, &gz);


    // display tab-separated accel/gyro x/y/z values

    Serial.print("a/g:\t");

    Serial.print(ax); Serial.print("\t");

    Serial.print(ay); Serial.print("\t");

    Serial.print(az); Serial.print("\t");

    Serial.print(gx); Serial.print("\t");

    Serial.print(gy); Serial.print("\t");

    Serial.println(gz);


    // blink LED to indicate activity

    blinkState = !blinkState;

    digitalWrite(LED_PIN, blinkState);

}


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