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# 6 DOF Sensor - MPU6050

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** SEN0142 · **Brand:** [DFRobot](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/dfrobot-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/6-dof-sensor-mpu6050.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/6-dof-sensor-mpu6050.html.md))

At the beginning,the inertial measurement unit is an electronic device that measures and reports on a craft's velocity, orientation, and gravitational forces, using a combination of accelerometers,gyroscopes, and magnetometers.

## Pricing

- **Price:** $23.30 (inc GST) — $21.18 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 6+ $20.13 (exc GST) · 12+ $19.27 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM (Australia/Sydney).
- We can dispatch 4 today, and up to 500 more in 8–12 days.

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## Description

At the beginning,the inertial measurement unit is an electronic device that measures and reports on a craft's velocity, orientation, and gravitational forces, using a combination of accelerometers,gyroscopes, and magnetometers. Now IMUs are commonly used in the Human-computer interaction(HCI), navigational purposes and balancing technology used in the Segway Personal Transporter as we all known. The MPU-6000/MPU-6050 family of parts are the world’s first and only 6-axis MotionTracking devices designed for the low power, low cost, and high performance requirements of smartphones, tablets and wearable sensors. The MPU-6000/6050 devices combine a 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis accelerometer on the same silicon die together with an onboard Digital Motion Processor (DMP) capable of processing complex 9-axis MotionFusion algorithms. The parts’ integrated 9-axis MotionFusion algorithms access external magnetometers or other sensors through an auxiliary master I2C bus, allowing the devices to gather a full set of sensor data without intervention from the system processor. The 6 Dof sensor breakout integrate with the MPU6050 sensor and the low noise 3.3v regulator and pull-up resistors for the I2C bus. So it's available to directly hook up the sensor with the Arduino processors for your robotics, HCI and wearable projects. With the Arduino library from i2cdevlib it's easy for you to drive this sensor and get the pitch, roll, yaw, quaternion, euler data.

### Specification

- Working voltage: 3~5v
- I2C Digital-output of 6 or 9-axis MotionFusion data in rotation matrix, quaternion, Euler Angle, or raw data format
- Tri-Axis angular rate sensor (gyro) with a sensitivity up to 131 LSBs/dps and a full-scale range of ±250, ±500, ±1000, and ±2000dps
- Tri-Axis accelerometer with a programmable full scale range of ±2g, ±4g, ±8g and ±16g
- Digital Motion Processing (DMP) engine offloads complex MotionFusion, sensor timing synchronization and gesture detection
- Embedded algorithms for run-time bias and compass calibration. No user intervention required
- Dimensions: 14 x 21mm
 
### Shipping List

- 6 Dof sensor - MPU60501unit
 
### Documents

- Wiki Page
- [Schematic](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/6%20Dof%20-%20MPU6000%20v1_443543f4e13.pdf)
- [layout](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/6%20Dof%20-%20MPU6000%20v0_57565175495.pdf)
- [Arduino library](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/6%20Dof%20-%20MPU6050%20library_752688a3d55.zip)
- I2Cdevlib Page
- [MPU6050 Register Map and descriptions](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/RM-MPU-6000A_6658666241e.pdf)
- [MPU6050 specification](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/PS-MPU-6000A_195871a382d.pdf)
- [Zip file with all of the above](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/DFRobot%20SEN0142_2510246b817.zip).

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/_/i/_igp9713-1.jpg)