NXP FRDMSTBC-A8491 | 3-axis digital accelerometer

This is your ecosystem for the NXP MMA8491Q 3-axis digital accelerometer. The Sensor Shield Development Board enables sensor evaluation and it is compatible with most NXP Freedom boards.

Hello World

Import programFRDMSTBC-A8491_SensorShield

Hello world program for I2C Accelerometer

Last commit 24 Apr 2017 by NXP

Library

Import libraryMMA8491

I2C Accelerometer library

Last commit 24 Apr 2017 by NXP

Pinout

Notes

MMA8491 Features

  • Extreme low power, 400 nA per Hz
  • Ultra-fast data output time, 700 us
  • 1.95V to 3.6V VDD supply range
  • 3 mm x 3 mm, 0.65 mm pitch with visual solder joint inspection
  • ±8g full-scale range
  • 14-bit digital output, 1 mg/LSB sensitivity
  • Output Data Rate (ODR), implementation based from < 1 Hz to 800 Hz
  • I2C digital interface
  • 3-axis, 45° tilt outputs

The Hello World program for FRDMSTBC-A8491 is based on FRDM-KL25Z. It streams accelerometer data to a serial terminal.

FRDM KL25Z Description & Pinout

The FRDM-KL25Z has been designed by Freescale in collaboration with mbed for prototyping all sorts of devices, especially those requiring the size and price point offered by Cortex-M0+ and the power of USB Host and Device. It is packaged as a development board with connectors to break out to strip board and breadboard, and includes a built-in USB FLASH programmer.

FRDM-KL25Z pin map

It is based on the Freescale KL25Z, with a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ core running at 48MHz. It includes 128KB FLASH, 16KB RAM and lots of interfaces including USB Host, USB Device, SPI, I2C, ADC, DAC, PWM, Touch Sensor and other I/O interfaces.

FRDM-KL25Z sensormap

Pin names


Firmware

Step 1: FRDM-KL25Z FirmwareUpdate

A new interface firmware image is necessary to mbed-enable Freescale FRDM boards

Quick Start Guide

Step 3: Downloading and running the Hello World program

1. Save a program binary (.bin) to the FRDM Platform

Download the binary after compiling the Hello World program. Save the program binary file to your mbed Microcontroller Disk, just like you would with a normal USB disk. The Status LED will flash as the PC writes the file to the Microcontroller disk.

2. Press the Reset Button

When the Reset Button in pressed, the program on the mbed Microcontroller Disk will be loaded in to the Microcontroller FLASH memory. The Status LED will flash as this happens.

3. Stream Data!

The Microcontroller is now running the program; If you reset the Microcontroller, or disconnect and reconnect the power, the program will simply restart. Use serial terminal like putty and configure the corresponding serial port (Check Device Manager under Control Panel as shown in the figure below) for a baud rate of 9600. Press reset button on the board to start streaming data.

K64F Pinout

250 K64F Pinout

Schematics

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