MMA7660 Accelerometer

The MMA7660 is a 6-bit triple-axis accelerometer with +/- 1.5g range. Its a low power sensor mainly to be used for orientation detection of mobile devices and uses an I2C interface. It is used on the mbed Application board.

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Hello World!

Import program

00001 //Uses the measured z-acceleration to drive leds 2 and 3 of the mbed
00002 
00003 #include "mbed.h"
00004 #include "MMA7660.h"
00005 
00006 MMA7660 MMA(p28, p27);
00007 
00008 DigitalOut connectionLed(LED1);
00009 PwmOut Zaxis_p(LED2);
00010 PwmOut Zaxis_n(LED3);
00011 
00012 int main() {  
00013     if (MMA.testConnection())
00014         connectionLed = 1;
00015         
00016     while(1) {
00017         Zaxis_p = MMA.z();
00018         Zaxis_n = -MMA.z();
00019     }
00020 
00021 }

Library

Import library

Public Types

enum Orientation

The 6 different orientations and unknown.

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Public Member Functions

MMA7660 (PinName sda, PinName scl, bool active=true)
Creates a new MMA7660 object.
bool testConnection (void)
Tests if communication is possible with the MMA7660 .
void setActive (bool state)
Sets the active state of the MMA7660 .
void readData (int *data)
Reads acceleration data from the sensor.
float x (void)
Get X-data.
float y (void)
Get Y-data.
float z (void)
Get Z-data.
void setSampleRate (int samplerate)
Sets the active samplerate.
Orientation getSide (void)
Returns if it is on its front, back, or unknown side.
Orientation getOrientation (void)
Returns if it is on it left, right, down or up side.
MMA7660 Signal Namembed pin
VddVout
VssGnd
SCLp27
SDAp28

Reference


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