Power Pins
The sensor on the breakout requires 3V power. Since many customers have 5V microcontrollers like Arduino, we tossed a 3.3V regulator on the board. Its ultra-low dropout so you can power it from 3.3V-5V just fine.- Vin - this is the power pin. Since the chip uses 3 VDC, we have included a voltage regulator on board that will take 3-5VDC and safely convert it down. To power the board, give it the same power as the logic level of your microcontroller - e.g. for a 5V micro like Arduino, use 5V
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3Vo - this is the 3.3V output from the voltage regulator, you can grab up to 100mA from this if you like
- GND - common ground for power and logic
I2C Pins
- SCL - I2C clock pin, connect to your microcontrollers I2C clock line.
- SDA - I2C data pin, connect to your microcontrollers I2C data line.
INT and ADDR Pins
- A is the I2C Address select pin. By default this is pulled up to 3.3V with a 10K resistor, for an I2C address of 0x1D. You can also connect it to the GND pin for an address of 0x1C
- I1 and I2 are the Interrupt #1 and #2 signal pins. These pins are for more advanced usage, where you want to be alerted by the chip say when data is ready to read, or if it detects a large motion. We don't have direct support in the example Arduino library for these pins, so please check the datasheet for the I2C commands