ADXL345 Triple Axis Accelerometer Board

ADXL345 Triple Axis Accelerometer Board is a small, thin, low power, 3-axis accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to ±16g. Digital output data is format as 16-bit twos complement and is accessible through either an SPI (3- or 4-wire) or I2C digital interface.

The ADXL345 Triple Axis Accelerometer Board is well suited for mobile device applications. It measures the static acceleration of gravity in tilt-sensing applications, as well as dynamic acceleration resulting from motion or shock. Its high resolution (4 mg/LSB) enables measurement of inclination changes less than 1.0°.

Several special sensing functions are provided. Activity and inactivity sensing detect the presence or lack of motion and if the acceleration on any axis exceeds a user-set level. Tap sensing detects single and double taps. Free-fall sensing detects if the device is falling. These functions can be mapped to one of two interrupt output pins. An integrated, patent-pending 32-level first-in, first-out (FIFO) buffer can be used to store data to minimize host processor intervention.

Low power modes enable intelligent motion-based power management with threshold sensing and active acceleration measurement at extremely low power dissipation.

Applications:

•     Pointing devices.
•     Handsets.
•     Medical Instrumentation.
•     Gaming.
•     Industrial instrumentation.
•     Personal navigation devices.
•     Hard disk drive (HDD) protection.
•     Fitness equipment.
•     Defense and Aerospace.

Features:

•     Ultra-Low Power: 40µA in measurement mode, 0.1µA in standby@ 2.5V.
•     Free-Fall Detection.
•     Tap/Double Tap Detection.
•     Flexible interrupt modes mappable to either interrupt pin Measurement ranges selectable via serial command Bandwidth selectable via serial command
•     Wide temperature range (−40°C to 85°C).
•     10,000 g shock survival.
•     Support 5V/3.3V voltage input, onboard RT9161 power chip, lower pressure drop faster than 1117, the faster load speed of response, very suitable for high-noise power supply environment.
•     User-selectable resolution       
• Fixed 10-bit resolution
• Full resolution, where resolution increases with G range, up to 13-bit resolution at ±16 g (maintaining 4 mg/LSB scale factor in all G ranges).
  
  

Package Include:

•     1 x ADXL345 Triple Axis Accelerometer Board