LSM6DSO Pedometer

[MasCreyt21]

Hi BenG142, I'm trying to develop a pedometer application using the LSM6DSOX sensor, but I haven't been successful. Could you share your project files with me? I'd like to know which registers you used.

[Andrew Neil]

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@MasCreyt21 wrote:

Hi BenG142

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@BenG142 's thread was closed over a year ago:

https://community.st.com/t5/mems-sensors/lsm6dso-fifo-pedometer/td-p/61470

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@MasCreyt21 wrote:

 I'm trying to develop a pedometer application using the LSM6DSOX sensor, but I haven't been successful.

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So tell us what you did, and why you consider that "unsuccessful"

Did you follow the steps give by Ben and @Federica Bossi in the previous thread?

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[BenG142 · Accepted solution]

Hi @MasCreyt21 ,

Without more information on where you've been unsuccessful, I will try to explain all steps.

So, assuming you've had positive communications with the IC (read/write registers, etc):

1. Start by setting up the Performance/ Power Mode you want:

        case XL_Power_Mode_ODR::Mode_High_Performance_6_66_kHz:
            WriteRegisterBitRange(LSM6DSOX_CTRL1_XL, 7, 4, 0b1010 );
            WriteRegisterBit ( LSM6DSOX_CTRL5_C, 7, false );            //XL_ULP_Enable
            WriteRegisterBit ( LSM6DSOX_CTRL6_C, 4, false );            //XL_HM_Mode
            break;

2. Set up FIFO:

void LSM6DSOX_::setFifo_Steps(){

    WriteRegister   ( LSM6DSOX_FUNC_CFG_ACCESS, 0x80 );            //Open Embedded Functions
    WriteRegisterBit( LSM6DSOX_EMB_FUNC_EN_A, 3, true );           //Enable Pedometer sensor in Adv Func
    WriteRegister   ( LSM6DSOX_EMB_FUNC_EN_B, 0x10);               //Enable false positive rejection
    WriteRegisterBit( LSM6DSOX_EMB_FUNC_FIFO_CFG, 6, true );       //Enable Step Counter Batching
    WriteRegister   ( LSM6DSOX_FUNC_CFG_ACCESS, 0x00);             //Close Embedded Functions

    WriteRegisterBitRange( LSM6DSOX_FIFO_CTRL4, 2, 0, 0b001 );  //set FIFO Mode


}

3. Read FIFO Registers:

  uint8_t reg1 = LSM6DSOX.ReadRegister(LSM6DSOX_FIFO_STATUS1);
  Serial.print("FIFO Status 1: ");
  Serial.println( reg1 );

  uint8_t reg2 = LSM6DSOX.ReadRegister(LSM6DSOX_FIFO_STATUS2);
  Serial.print("FIFO Status 2: ");
  Serial.println( reg2 );

4.  Clear FIFO at the end:

void LSM6DSOX_::setFifo_Clear(){
    WriteRegisterBitRange( LSM6DSOX_FIFO_CTRL4, 2, 0, 0b000);
}

Sadly not able to share the project, but hopefully this helps.

Cheers,

Ben


Screenshot from the closed thread mentioned by @Andrew Neil (Credit to @Federica Bossi) :

[MasCreyt21]

@BenG142 
Thank you for your help, BenG142. Thanks to you, I solved my problem, and the LSM6DSOX is working as I wanted.