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Pimoroni MSA301 3DoF Motion Sensor Breakout

SKU: CE06457 Brand: Pimoroni

A simple 3 Degrees of Freedom accelerometer breakout that measures acceleration in three axes - X, Y, and Z. If you need simple and reliable motion detection for your project, then this is a great choice!

$13.25 AUD, inc GST

$12.05 AUD, exc GST

Available with a lead time
Expect dispatch between Dec 30 and Jan 03

Quantity Discounts:

10-25 $11.68 (exc GST)
25+ $11.45 (exc GST)

This accelerometer has a few nifty features built-in too. It has interrupted for motion in each axis, double-tap detection, and freefall detection. This built-in support means that you can detect each of these types of motion with a single line of code, rather than having to code a whole function yourself.

The MSA301 3DoF breakout has an I2C interface and is 3.3V or 5V compatible. Like Pimoroni's other Pimoroni breakouts, Pimoroni has designed it so that you can solder a piece of right-angle header onto it and then pop it straight onto the bottom left 5 pins on your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 6, 9).

It's also compatible with Pimoroni's fancy Breakout Garden, where using breakouts is as easy as just popping it into one of the six slots and starting to grow your project, create, and code.

Features

MSA301 3DoF Motion Sensor
±2/±4/±8/±16 g linear acceleration
3.3V or 5V compatible
I2C interface (address 0x26)
Reverse polarity protection
Raspberry Pi-compatible pinout (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3B+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W
Compatible with Arduino
Python library
Dimensions: 19x19x3mm

Kit includes

MSA301 3DoF Motion Sensor Breakout
1x5 male header
1x5 female right angle header

Software

Pimoroni has put together a Python library that you can use to read data from your MSA301 3DoF Breakout, and an easy one-line installer to install everything.

Pimoroni's software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.

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