9DoF Sensor Stick Hookup Guide
Contributors:
Alex the Giant
Alex the Giant Introduction
The 9DoF Sensor Stick is an easy-to-use 9 degrees of freedom IMU. The sensor used is the LSM9DS1, the same sensor used in the SparkFun 9 Degrees of Freedom IMU Breakout, but is slimmed down to be only 0.9"x0.4".
Required Materials
To follow along with this hookup guide, you will need the following:
Suggested Reading
Before getting started, you may find the following links useful:
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