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3-Axis L3GD20H Pololu Gyroscope

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This sensor is a carrier/breakout board for the ST L3GD20H three-axis gyroscope, which measures the angular rates of rotation about the roll (X), pitch (Y), and yaw (Z) axes. Angular velocity measurements with a configurable range of ±245°/s, ±500°/s, or ±2000°/s can be read through a digital I2C or SPI interface. The board has a 3.3 V linear regulator and integrated level-shifters that allow it to work over an input voltage range of 2.5 V to 5.5 V, and the 0.1" pin spacing makes it easy to use with standard solderless breadboards and 0.1" perfboards.


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Overview

This board is a compact (0.4" x 0.9") breakout board for ST’s L3GD20H three-axis digital-output gyroscope; we therefore recommend careful reading of the L3GD20H datasheet (3MB pdf) before using this product. The L3GD20H is a great IC, but its small, leadless, LGA package makes it difficult for the typical student or hobbyist to use. It also operates at voltages below 3.6 V, which can make interfacing difficult for microcontrollers operating at 5 V. This carrier board addresses these issues by incorporating additional electronics, including a 3.3 V voltage regulator and level-shifting circuits, while keeping the overall size as compact as possible. The board ships fully populated with its SMD components, including the L3GD20H, as shown in the product picture.

The L3GD20H has many improvements, including better accuracy and stability, lower power consumption, and a much shorter start-up time, all in a smaller package that allows the overall carrier board to be smaller. The L3GD20H also offers a wider range of user-selectable output data rates, with lower frequencies available that are more appropriate for human gesture detection, and it features a data enable (DEN) pin that allows readings to be synchronized with external triggers. While the L3GD20H carrier is not a direct drop-in replacement for the L3GD20 carrier due to differences in the pinout and sensor orientation, it should still be usable as a replacement with the appropriate wiring changes, and since the two ICs share the same register structure and I2C device address, code written for one should be easily portable to the other.


The L3GD20H has many configurable options, including three selectable angular rate sensitivities, seven selectable output data rates, seven different embedded FIFO modes for buffering output data, and a programmable external interrupt signal. The three angular velocity readings are available through a digital interface, which can be configured to operate in either I2C or SPI mode.

The carrier board includes a low-dropout linear voltage regulator that provides the 3.3 V required by the L3GD20H, which allows the sensor to be powered from 2.5 V to 5.5 V. The regulator output is available on the VDD pin and can supply almost 150 mA to external devices. The breakout board also includes a circuit that shifts the two I2C lines (or SPI clock and data-in lines) to the same logic voltage level as the supplied VIN, making it simple to interface the board with 5 V systems, and the board’s 0.1" pin spacing makes it easy to use with standard solderless breadboards and 0.1" perfboards.


Specifications

• Dimensions: 0.4" x 0.9" x 0.1" (13 x 23 x 3 mm)

• Weight without header pins: 0.7 g (0.03 oz)

• Operating voltage: 2.5 V to 5.5 V

• Supply current: ~6 mA

• Output format (I2C/SPI): one 16-bit reading per axis

• Sensitivity range (configurable): ±245°/s, ±500°/s, or ±2000°/s


Using the L3GD20H

Connections

Regardless of the interface being used to communicate with the L3GD20H, its VIN pin should be connected to a 2.5 V to 5.5 V source, and GND should be connected to 0 volts. (Alternatively, if you are using the gyro with a 3.3 V system, you can leave VIN disconnected and bypass the built-in regulator by connecting 3.3 V directly to VDD.)

A minimum of two logic connections are necessary to use the L3GD20H in I²C mode (this is the default mode): SCL and SDA. These pins are connected to built-in level-shifters that make them safe to use at voltages over 3.3 V; they should be connected to an I2C bus operating at the same logic level as VIN. The remaining pins are not connected to level-shifters on the board and are not 5V-tolerant.

To use the L3GD20H in SPI mode, four logic connections are typically used: SPC, SDI, SDO, and CS. These should be connected to an SPI bus operating at the same logic level as VIN. The SPI interface operates in 4-wire mode by default, with SDI and SDO on separate pins, but it can be configured to use 3-wire mode so that SDO shares a pin with SDI.



L3GD20H 3-axis gyro carrier with voltage regulator, labeled top view.


L3GD20H 3-axis gyro carrier with voltage regulator in a breadboard.


Pinout

PIN Description
VIN This is the main power supply connection, and it should be powered at 2.5 V to 5.5 V. The SCL/SPC and SDA/SDI level shifters pull the I2C and SPI bus high bits up to this level.
GND The ground (0 V) connection for your power supply. Your I2C or SPI control source must also share a common ground with this board.
VDD Regulated 3.3 V output. Almost 150 mA is available to power external components. (If you want to bypass the internal regulator, you can instead use this pin as a 3.3 V input with VIN disconnected.)
SCL/SPC Level-shifted I2C/SPI clock line: HIGH is VIN, LOW is 0 V
SDA/SDI Level-shifted I2C data line and SPI data-in line (also doubles as SDO in 3-wire mode): HIGH is VIN, LOW is 0 V
SDO SPI data-out line in 4-wire mode: HIGH is VDD, LOW is 0 V. Also used as a 3.3V-logic-level input to determine I2C slave address (see below). This pin is not level-shifted and is not 5V-tolerant.
CS SPI enable (chip select). Pulled up to VDD to enable I2C communication by default; drive low to begin SPI communication.
DRDY/INT2 Data ready indicator, a 3.3V-logic-level output. HIGH (3.3 V) indicates angular rate data can be read. Can also be configured as a FIFO interrupt. This output is not level-shifted.
INT1 Programmable interrupt, a 3.3V-logic-level output. This output is not level-shifted.
DEN Data enable trigger, a 3.3V-logic-level input. This input is not level-shifted and is not 5V-tolerant.


Schematic Diagram


The above schematic shows the additional components the carrier board incorporates to make the L3GD20H easier to use, including the voltage regulator that allows the board to be powered from a 2.5 V to 5.5 V supply and the level-shifter circuit that allows for I2C and SPI communication at the same logic voltage level as VIN. This schematic is also available as a downloadable PDF (174k PDF).


I2C Communication

With the CS pin in its default state (pulled up to VDD), the L3GD20H can be configured and its angular velocity readings can be queried through the I2C bus. Level shifters on the I2C clock (SCL) and data (SDA) lines enable I2C communication with microcontrollers operating at the same voltage as VIN (2.5 V to 5.5 V). A detailed explanation of the I2C interface on the L3GD20H can be found in its datasheet (3MB pdf), and more detailed information about I²C in general can be found in NXP’s I2C-bus specification (1MB pdf).

In I2C mode, the gyro’s 7-bit slave address has its least significant bit (LSb) determined by the voltage on the SDO pin. The carrier board pulls SDO to VDD through a 4.7 kΩ resistor, making the LSb 1 and setting the slave address to 1101011b by default (this is the same slave address as the L3GD20). If the gyro’s selected slave address happens to conflict with some other device on your I2C bus, you can drive SDO low to set the LSb to 0.

In our tests of the board, we were able to communicate with the chip at clock frequencies up to 400 kHz; higher frequencies might work but were not tested.


SPI Communication

To communicate with the L3GD20H in SPI mode, the CS pin (which the board pulls to VDD through a 4.7 kΩ resistor) must be driven low before the start of an SPI command and allowed to return high after the end of the command. Level shifters on the SPI clock (SPC) and data in (SDI) lines enable SPI communication with microcontrollers operating at the same voltage as VIN (2.5 V to 5.5 V).

In the default 4-wire mode, the gyro transmits data to the SPI master on a dedicated data out (SDO) line. If the SPI interface is configured to use 3-wire mode instead, the SDI line doubles as SDO and is driven by the L3GD20H when it transmits data to the master. A detailed explanation of the SPI interface on the L3GD20H can be found in its datasheet (3MB pdf).


Sample Code

We have written a basic Arduino library for the L3G that makes it easy to interface this sensor with an Arduino or Arduino-compatible board like an A-Star. The library makes it simple to configure the L3GD20H and read the raw gyro data through I2C.


Protocol Hints

The datasheet provides all the information you need to use this sensor, but picking out the important details can take some time. Here are some pointers for communicating with and configuring the L3GD20H that we hope will get you up and running a little bit faster:

• The gyro is in power down mode by default. You have to turn it on by writing the appropriate value to the CTRL1 register.

• You can read or write multiple registers in a single I2C command by asserting the most significant bit of the register address to enable address auto-increment.

• You can enable the same auto-increment feature in SPI mode by asserting the second bit (bit 1, called the MS bit in the datasheet) of an SPI command.


Specifications

Dimensions

Size: 0.4" x 0.9" x 0.1"1
Weight: 0.6 g1


General specifications

Interface: I2C, SPI2
Minimum operating voltage: 2.5 V
Maximum operating voltage: 5.5 V
Axes: pitch (x), roll (y), and yaw (z)
Measurement range: ±245, ±500, or ±2000°/s3
Supply current: 6 mA


Notes:

1 Without included optional headers.
2 Interface controlled by CS pin.
3 User-configurable.


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3-Axis L3GD20H Pololu Gyroscope

3-Axis L3GD20H Pololu Gyroscope

This sensor is a carrier/breakout board for the ST L3GD20H three-axis gyroscope, which measures the angular rates of rotation about the roll (X), pitch (Y), and yaw (Z) axes. Angular velocity measurements with a configurable range of ±245°/s, ±500°/s, or ±2000°/s can be read through a digital I2C or SPI interface. The board has a 3.3 V linear regulator and integrated level-shifters that allow it to work over an input voltage range of 2.5 V to 5.5 V, and the 0.1" pin spacing makes it easy to use with standard solderless breadboards and 0.1" perfboards.


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