MEMS (sensors)

LSM6DS3 SPI Communication Problem

I tried to work with mbed LPC1768 and LSM6DS3-Dev-Board from Sparkfun.The connections:uC - LSM6DS3VOUT 3V3 regulated Out - 3V3GND-GNDSCLK-SCLMOSI-SDA (SPI SDI)MISO-SA0CS-CSThe Code:#include "mbed.h"   Serial pc(USBTX,USBRX); SPI spi(p11, p12, p13); /...

CTRL_REG1 configuration timing

I was trying to debug a driver written by another developer and I noticed they setup CTRL_REG1 through CTRL_REG6 with a 5ms delay between each register write. I asked the developer the reason for the delays and they said that if the registers were wr...

LIS3MDL X Axis freezes at 32764. Why?

My LIS3MDL eCompass IC output always reads (X=32764) for the X axis.Axis y and z seem to read ok, with changing values during operation.Why is this occurring?The first day of use the LIS3MDL worked OK, with X,Y,and Z axis having unique and changing v...

AppMEMS#2: The X-CUBE-MEMS1 expansion software package - an overview

The X-CUBE-MEMS1 expansion software package for STM32Cube is a library package we already encountered in a past series of posts, running on the STM32 MCU family and the related hardware, especially the X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2/X-NUCLEO-IKS01A3 expansion boar...

Sample product

Hello,i want to order a sample product iis2mdc because i don't find it available in any store.In my order it says "total price $0.00" and "subtotal: $0.00"but in the field "shipping cost: Estimate" in my country(Greece) has a shipping cost of $37.00....

LSM9DS1 - capacitors C1 and C5 allowed values

Hello.We are designing a HW with LSM9DS1 inertial chip. There are C1 capacitor recommended to be 100 nF and C5 to be 10 nF +- 10%, but we have not these values in our BOM so it would be an extra part type. Have these parts some allowed range of capac...

X-CUBE-MEMS1 Middleware initialization problem

Hi,I am using a Nucleo-F446RE board with an IFS01A2 to build an eCompass.I have built a project using CubeMX v5.2.1 and Atollic Truestudio v9.1.To start with I made sure that I was able to communicate with the different mems sensors and I am successf...

VL53L1x motion feature enhancement

Hi. I want to use VL53L1x time-of-flight sensors in following scenarios:detect an empty hand and a hand with an item using gesture detection approach;detect the product movement up or down. Have done several tests to understand the dependence between...

Hi I'm testing Unicleo & IKS01A2 for the first time, the software does not recognise any nucleo boards (F401RE & L476RG). If I "list all COM ports" I can connect but the board and firmware is stated unknown. I use Win10, any hints?

could not find STEVAL-MKI193V1 evaluation board on UNICO 8.0.1.0

I could not find STEVAL-MKI193V1 (ASM330LHH) listed on UNICO 8.0.1.0. Would some one please add it to UNICO support list?Thanks.