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A component which measures G-force to detect which direction it is moved or tilted in.

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My motor driver gets stuck in either high or low with a certain speed super randomly. Motor output stops going based on accelerometer input

Running a DC motor(6.5A max input), motor driver (MD10C 7Amp peak output), and arduino Mega. Basically, I am creating a stabilized object based on the accelerometer's input. It works great but all of ...
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connect gy512 is not visible by i2c bus

I am a newbie. Please help to make gy512 visible on i2c interface. i did sda - a4 scl - a5 vcc - 5v gnd - gnd I have used i2c sticker scatch and use PC monitor.
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I am using an accelerometer as an input and a stepper motor as an output and it will have these weird delays after about 30 sec

I have a stepper motor (kysan 1124090) turning CW and CCW based on the y direction of my accelerometer(MU6090). I am using an Arduino uno. It works great but after about 30 seconds there will be these ...
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Relative position using Accelerometer

I have a simple scenario please: Two Arduino Nano 33 IoT devices started moving randomly from the same exact origin(Point = [X0, Y0, Z0]); Can I use the coordinates queried from each device ...
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Tilt Compensated Compass Using HMC5983 gives inconsistent output

I've been trying to build a tilt compensated compass for an autonomous Arduino car I'm building. I'm having issues with the consistency of my data. This is the code I'm using. #include <Wire.h>...
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ADXL345 gives wiring error in SPI mode

I get the following output from serial monitor when trying to use the ADXL345 with Arduino Uno in SPI mode (I2C mode works fine): CA Ooops, no ADXL345 detected ... Check your wiring! See photos for ...
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acelermetor count goes down after 1 peak

I am using a Wemos D1 Mini and an mpu 6050 accelerametor. I managed to get the acceleratmetor to work and have 1 value come out of movements. So when a peak it hit (aka, the threshold of 1.00 is hit) ...
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how to link arduino uno and wonderware via modbus?

I am trying to make my Arduino uno and gy-521 accelerometer a modbus tcp server to feed data to a client on my pc. Most likely the HMI I am going to be using is wonder ware. #include <Wire.h> ...
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ADXL 355 accelerometer code

I am doing a project which monitor vibrations using ADXL 355 sensor and Arduino. I have used MPU 9250 sensor before. I am not able to find library or tutorials for calibarating, filter and reading ...
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write from one board's pin to read of another's not working

I have an Intel Tiny Tile boardThis board is based on the Intel Curie, and can be read in Arduino as an Arduino 101. I'm using this board's accelerometer to register the bounce of someone on a ...
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Is it possible to get values only during vibration/movement from an Accelerometer(ADXL335/MPU6050)?

I'm trying to make a wearable motion sensor using ESP32 board and ADXL335 Accelerometer. Presently when I'm serial printing the output I'm getting the tilt value as well, which have different values ...
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Gimbal arduino program does not compile [duplicate]

/* code */ #include <Wire.h> const int MPU = 0x68; // MPU6050 I2C address float AccX, AccY, AccZ; float GyroX, GyroY, GyroZ; float accAngleX, accAngleY, gyroAngleX, gyroAngleY, gyroAngleZ; float ...
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My gimbal program does not compile

my code: // Get Yaw, Pitch and Roll values #ifdef OUTPUT_READABLE_YAWPITCHROLL mpu.dmpGetQuaternion(&q, fifoBuffer); mpu.dmpGetGravity(&gravity, &q); mpu.dmpGetYawPitchRoll(...
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How to use H3LIS331DL 3-Axis Linear Accelerometer with arduino to detect Harsh braking of vehicle

I am a newbie here, Recently I was working with H3LIS331DL 3-Axis Linear Accelerometer I²C Mini Module Here is code for the X, Y, Z-axis. #include <movingAvg.h> #include <...
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Adafruit_LSM303 tilt compensated compass

I am having troubles with tilt compensating my compass. I am using the LSM303DLHC accelerometer/compass in combination together with the Adafruit_LSM303_U.h. I was able to get my compass to the ...
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How to manage interrupt from accelerometer BMA220?

I would like to use the interrupt register from the BMA220 accelerometer in order to detect high-g shock. I am using a Mega2560 and the sensor is powered by 3.3 V. I use a voltage divider to convert ...
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MPU-6050 showing all -1s

I am following this tutorial and have an MPU-6050 connected to an Arduino Micro with the following connections VCC - 5V/3.3V GND - GND SDA - A2 SCL - A3 I'm trying to run the short example ...
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Arduino Due ADXL345 Interference

I am working with an Arduino Due and the Analog ADXL345 through a module following this tutorial, with the wire.h library at Fast Speed (400kHz), the Accelerometer Sampling at 800Hz (for the Maximum ...
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A proper way to get the roll, pitch and yaw values

TL, DR : What is the method(in terms of sensors and algorithm) to get the roll, pitch angles of an aircraft at any instant. I am planning to build a hobby aircraft. I am so confused about which kind ...
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What is the right way to query an I2C device from an interrupt service routine?

The ADXL345, for example, requires that interrupts are responded to by querying the INT_SOURCE (interrupt source) register. In example code for the SparkFun ADXL345 Arduino Library, there is code that ...
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using two mpu6050 to get more accurate and precise angles

i have been using this gyro for a while, now i am aware of all measures taken, to improve the outcome of this board. my question is: would using two at the same time improve the results? if yes how ...
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Using MPU-6050 without I2C

My target is to use multiple MPU-6050 at once, I searched on the internet and found that they can be hooked up really simply. Just connect in parallel and use I2C-Scanner. Then get those addresses and ...
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Denoising accelerometer data mounted on moving vehicles

Can you suggest a method for denoising accelerometer data mounted on moving vehicles? I have read several suggestions like using Kalman filter, moving average, etc. but I'm not sure which suit best in ...
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SOLVED Accelerometer/gyro MPU6050 is freezing after random time

SOLVED: I "solved" the problem by cycling my Arduino's power and I haven't had an issue since. I would still like to figure out what was going on. I still think it's something in that MPU6050 library ...
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How can I hook up multiple MMA8451 accelerometers, (I2C protocol) using one Arduino Mega?

How can I hook up four (adafruit) MMA8451 accelerometers (using I2C protocol) using one Arduino Mega? What I'm confused about is I only have one SDA and SCL on the Arduino Mega obviously. So how can I ...
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Remove gravity from accelerometer of MPU-6050

I am currently working with MPU-6050. Now I want to minus gravity from my accelerometer's value as we minus the offset. Here is the code: #include <Wire.h> #include <MPU6050.h> //read as ...
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Changing Baud Rate not working

I have copied this code from Github : #include <Wire.h> #include <MPU6050.h> MPU6050 mpu; // Timers unsigned long timer = 0; float timeStep = 0.01; // Pitch, Roll and Yaw values ...
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MPU-6050 with Arduino - postmortem

I'm working with MPU-6050 with Arduino Uno. I copied the code below from Arduino Playground - MPU6050. Code : // MPU-6050 Short Example Sketch // By Arduino User JohnChi // August 17, 2014 ...
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FIltering, FXOS8700, FXAS21002C optimization

I'm working on an inverse pendulum project, and am using an adafruit NXP_FXOS8700_FXAS21002 along with an Arduino due, and an esp8266 (two separate projects, same code however). I'm using a Magdwick ...
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Find vehicle movement by IMU and GPS

I'm using MPU9250 which has both accelerometer and gyroscope in a vehicle. What I want is to just know that if the vehicle is currently moving or not. I searched and find out that I can't get velocity ...
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Analog vs Digital Accelerometers - pro's and con's? [closed]

For my project i need to measure accelerations up to 16g. My options are either digital accelerometers such as the MPU6050 or MPU9250 or an analog accelerometer such as the ADXL326. What are any ...
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How to read the raw data from GY-85 module?

This module has 3 sensors. Gyroscope, Accelerometer and Magnetometer. I think I'm reading the raw data in the wrong way. For example, for the magnetometer HMC5883L, I'm using this code which I ...
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How can I simulate an accelerometer?

I am new to Arduino. I want to simulate a circuit which uses an accelerometer ADXL335 and a DC motor. If any deviation observed in the accelerometer readings, I want the motor to rotate. Is there any ...
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How do I connect an accelerometer (GY-521) to a SparkFun Thing Dev (ESP8266)?

All of the wiring diagrams I've found for wiring up a GY-521 accelerometer to an Arduino have looked something like this: I've read in several places that it needs to be connected to A4 and A5. I ...
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Trying to use Tap Detection solution using ADXL345 with Arduino

I am using ADXL345 sensor connecting with Arduino via I2C interface, I am able to test the data at tri-axial axis but as there are some other features also, which I am going to try with Tap detection ...
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Arduino Mega and gyroscope erroneous values

I have Arduino mega2560 and MPU6050. I connected to Vcc pin of the gyro to +5V on the mega, the SDA to SDA pin, SDL to SDL pin, AD0 and GND to 2 GND pins. I used this code: #include<Wire.h> ...
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ADXL345 Data Rate seems to depend more upon Baud rate than the actual Data Rate that I set

I have an Arduino UNO that is connected to an ADXL345. The problem is I need to collect data at 50Hz at least. The ADXL345 according to its Data sheet can go up to 3200Hz without any problem. I am ...
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Sending accelerometer data using BLE to a Cordova phone app

I'm working on a simple project, that involves an Arduino sending accelerometer data to a Cordova-based phone app using BLE. I've got my Arduino wired up correctly, I think - I can see the data in ...
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What is corrrect the way to find roll, pitch, yaw?

I have an MPU9250. I have calculated accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer. But I want to know how to caclulate roll yaw pitch. I have searched on Google. I found many answer roll = (atan2(-...
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Limiting Data Output Frequency from ADXL345

I have a working ADXL345 connected to an Arduino UNO, I need to limit the rate at which the ADXL345 takes in readings. I am using the SparkFun library for this sensor. I have read about the delay ...
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Measuring the speed of an object moving fast through air [closed]

I am new to arduino and am confused about how I would go about doing this: I want to attach a device to a small ball, that will move through the air at speed. The purpose of this device would be to ...
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Data transfer to and from Arduino to Raspberry Pi

I am trying to transmit MPU6050 accelerometer data + data from 3 potentiometers from Arduino to Raspberry Pi. I do post processing here (on Raspberry Pi) and then transfer the data back to Arduino to ...
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Controlling motors via accelerometer not working

I want to control the 2 servos(pan tilt) using accelerometer data value from android app. Im using nodeMCU v3, 2 servos(pan tilt) and smartphone. Connection: servos(pan tilt) is connected to 5 v ...
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Problem connecting Android app to Arduino [closed]

Sorry for doing this, I really don't know where to post beacuse this is both Android Studio code and Arduino code so I've posted to both sites. I want to create a project of using controlling pan-...
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Passing reference to hardware between methods in custom class

I'm a C++ / Arduino newbie, trying to build a custom library for the first time. I created a unit called CDSensors.cpp, which has two methods, SetupSensor and ReadSensors. The sensor is a SparkFun ...
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Configuring Accelerometer on BNO055 sensor

I'm using the BNO055 9DOF Adafruit sensor to measure the acceleration/orientation. How can I change the configuration of the accelerometer from 4G (default) to 16G? What I already know: The ...
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Strange behavior on bitwise operation

i am trying to write a simple program that writes the outputs of an accelerometer (which comes down to 3 analog inputs) onto an SD-Card. I got the hole thing working fine (sending the values as ...
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Powering an Arduino Uno using 2 (or as few as possible) AAA batteries

[Background] I'm constructing a water bottle rocket which is going to use apogee detection and a mechanism for the parachute release. Connected to the Uno will be an accelerometer and a servo, now ...
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Fastest reading through i2c

I have an ADXL345 accelerometer and I read it with an arduino through I2C. I want to get readings at a frequency higher than 500Hz. According to the documentation this should be easily achievable, ...
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Does the position in which you mount an IMU matter?

Forgive me, I'm sure this is a total noob question, but I have never seen it actually addressed in any example or demo. When using something like a MinIMU-9 board (https://www.pololu.com/product/...

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