Carter John
An example on how to read raw data with calibration
In order to have a valid reading with calibration, i had to read multiple sources on how to drive this IC. The following sources have helped me:
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/19164062
- http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=216145.0
- https://www.pololu.com/product/2124
- https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=265541.0
- https://github.com/elechouse/LSM303/blob/master/LSM303/LSM303.cpp
- https://github.com/praneshkmr/node-lsm303/wiki/Understanding-the-calibration-of-the-LSM303-magnetometer-%28compass%29
Revision 0:9d83f04e179c, committed 2017-07-18
- Comitter:
- ElectronicsSanta
- Date:
- Tue Jul 18 11:07:32 2017 +0000
- Commit message:
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+#include "mbed.h"
+#include <algorithm> // for min, max functions
+
+#define ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS (0x19 << 1)
+#define ACCEL_CALIBRATE_TIME 5 // seconds
+
+ // LPen Zen Yen Xen
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_EN 0x07 // 0 1 1 1
+
+ // ODR3 ODR2 ODR1 ODR0 LPen Zen Yen Xen
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_PDWN (0 << 4) // 0 0 0 0 x x x x
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_1_HZ (1 << 4) // 0 0 0 1 x x x x
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_10_HZ (2 << 4) // 0 0 1 0 x x x x
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_25_HZ (3 << 4) // 0 0 1 1 x x x x
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_50_HZ (4 << 4) // 0 1 0 0 x x x x
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_100_HZ (5 << 4) // 0 1 0 1 x x x x
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_200_HZ (6 << 4) // 0 1 1 0 x x x x
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_400_HZ (7 << 4) // 0 1 1 1 x x x x
+
+#define LSM303_ACCEL_REFRESH_RATE (LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_EN | LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A_100_HZ)
+
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_DEFAULT_CTRL_REG1_A 0x07 // default value
+
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A 0x20
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG4_A 0x23
+
+ // BDU BLE FS1 FS0 HR 0 0 SIM
+#define LSM303_ACCEL_FS_BIT_00 (0) | (1 << 3) // 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
+
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_X_L_A 0x28
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_X_H_A 0x29
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_Y_L_A 0x2A
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_Y_H_A 0x2B
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_Z_L_A 0x2C
+#define LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_Z_H_A 0x2D
+
+Serial serial(SERIAL_TX, SERIAL_RX);
+I2C i2c(I2C_SDA, I2C_SCL); // PB_9, PB_8
+Timer calibrate_t;
+
+int16_t running_min_x = 32767;
+int16_t running_min_y = 32767;
+int16_t running_min_z = 32767;
+int16_t running_max_x = -32768;
+int16_t running_max_y = -32768;
+int16_t running_max_z = -32768;
+int16_t running_avg_x = 0;
+int16_t running_avg_y = 0;
+int16_t running_avg_z = 0;
+int16_t raw_x;
+int16_t raw_y;
+int16_t raw_z;
+int16_t x;
+int16_t y;
+int16_t z;
+bool calibration_done = false;
+bool acc_found = false;
+
+uint8_t i2c_read8_reg(uint8_t address, int8_t reg) {
+ char i2cBuffer[1];
+ i2cBuffer[0] = reg;
+ i2c.write(address, i2cBuffer, 1);
+
+ i2c.read(address, i2cBuffer, 1);
+
+ return (uint8_t)i2cBuffer[0];
+}
+
+void i2c_write8_reg(uint8_t address, int8_t reg, int8_t value) {
+ char i2cBuffer[2];
+ i2cBuffer[0] = reg;
+ i2cBuffer[1] = value;
+ i2c.write(address, i2cBuffer, 2);
+}
+
+void read_accel() {
+ char i2cBuffer[1];
+
+ raw_x = 0;
+ raw_y = 0;
+ raw_z = 0;
+ x = 0;
+ y = 0;
+ z = 0;
+
+ i2cBuffer[0] = LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_X_H_A;
+ i2c.write(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ i2c.read(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ x = (i2cBuffer[0] << 8);
+
+ i2cBuffer[0] = LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_X_L_A;
+ i2c.write(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ i2c.read(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ x |= i2cBuffer[0];
+
+ x >>= 4;
+
+ i2cBuffer[0] = LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_Y_H_A;
+ i2c.write(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ i2c.read(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ y = (i2cBuffer[0] << 8);
+
+ i2cBuffer[0] = LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_Y_L_A;
+ i2c.write(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ i2c.read(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ y |= i2cBuffer[0];
+
+ y >>= 4;
+
+ i2cBuffer[0] = LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_Z_H_A;
+ i2c.write(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ i2c.read(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ z = (i2cBuffer[0] << 8);
+
+ i2cBuffer[0] = LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_OUT_Z_L_A;
+ i2c.write(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ i2c.read(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, i2cBuffer, 1);
+ z |= i2cBuffer[0];
+
+ z >>= 4;
+
+ raw_x = x;
+ raw_y = y;
+ raw_z = z;
+
+ if (calibration_done) {
+ x -= running_avg_x;
+ y -= running_avg_y;
+ z -= running_avg_z;
+ }
+}
+
+void calibrate() {
+ read_accel();
+
+ running_min_x = min(running_min_x, x);
+ running_min_y = min(running_min_y, y);
+ running_min_z = min(running_min_z, z);
+
+ running_max_x = max(running_max_x, x);
+ running_max_y = max(running_max_y, y);
+ running_max_z = max(running_max_z, z);
+}
+
+int16_t avg(int16_t a, int16_t b) {
+ return (int16_t)((a + b) / 2);
+}
+
+int main() {
+ serial.baud(115200);
+ i2c.frequency((uint32_t)100e3);
+
+ serial.printf("LSM303DLHC example with calibration...\n");
+
+ // who am i
+ uint8_t default_val = i2c_read8_reg(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A);
+ serial.printf("who am i: %d, 0x%X\n", default_val, default_val);
+
+ if ((default_val & 0xF) == LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_DEFAULT_CTRL_REG1_A) { // least significant nibble is the default one
+ acc_found = true;
+ serial.printf("accel found\n");
+ } else {
+ serial.printf("accel NOT found\n");
+ }
+
+ if (acc_found) {
+ // enable the accelerometer
+ i2c_write8_reg(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG1_A, LSM303_ACCEL_REFRESH_RATE);
+
+ // set accelerometer full-scale bits
+ i2c_write8_reg(ACCEL_I2C_ADDRESS, LSM303_REGISTER_ACCEL_CTRL_REG4_A, LSM303_ACCEL_FS_BIT_00);
+
+ calibrate_t.start();
+
+ serial.printf("calibrating accel...");
+
+ while (true) {
+ if (!calibration_done) {
+ if (calibrate_t.read() < ACCEL_CALIBRATE_TIME) { // x sec calibration
+ calibrate();
+ } else {
+ calibration_done = true;
+
+ serial.printf("done\n");
+
+ running_avg_x = avg(running_min_x, running_max_x);
+ running_avg_y = avg(running_min_y, running_max_y);
+ running_avg_z = avg(running_min_z, running_max_z);
+
+ serial.printf("calibration results: ");
+ serial.printf("min_x %d, ", running_min_x);
+ serial.printf("min_y %d, ", running_min_y);
+ serial.printf("min_z %d, ", running_min_z);
+ serial.printf("max_x %d, ", running_max_x);
+ serial.printf("max_y %d, ", running_max_y);
+ serial.printf("max_z %d", running_max_z);
+ serial.printf("avg_x %d, ", running_avg_x);
+ serial.printf("avg_y %d, ", running_avg_y);
+ serial.printf("avg_z %d\n", running_avg_z);
+
+ calibrate_t.reset();
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (calibrate_t.read_ms() > 200) { // print x ms
+ read_accel();
+ calibrate_t.reset();
+ serial.printf("raw x: %d; raw y: %d; raw z: %d\n", raw_x, raw_y, raw_z);
+ serial.printf("x: %d; y: %d; z: %d\n", x, y, z);
+ serial.printf("**************************\n");
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
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