ADXL345 Digital 3-Axis Accelerometer
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The ADXL345 is a small, thin, low power, 3-axis accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to ±16 g. Digital output data is formatted as 16-bit twos complement and is accessible through either a SPI (3- or 4-wire) or I2C digital interface.
The ADXL345 is well suited to measure the static acceleration of gravity in tilt-sensing applications, as well as dynamic acceleration resulting from motion or shock. Its high resolution (3.9 mg/LSB) enables measurement of inclination changes less than 1.0°.
Several special sensing functions are provided. Activity and inactivity sensing detect the presence or lack of motion and if the acceleration on any axis exceeds a user-set level. Tap sensing detects single and double taps. Free-fall sensing detects if the device is falling. These functions can be mapped to one of two interrupt output pins. An integrated, patent pending 32-level first in, first out (FIFO) buffer can be used to store data to minimize host processor intervention.
Figure 1: ADXL345 Functional Block Diagram
Technical Details:
ADXL345 3-Axis, ±2g / ±4g / ±8g / ±16g Digital Accelerometer
- Supply voltage range: 2.0V ~ 3.6V DC
- I/O voltage range: 1.7V to Vs
- Free-fall detection
- SPI (3- and 4-wire) and I2C digital serial interfaces
- Flexible interrupt modes mappable to either interface pin