{"id":13944,"sku":"SEN-13944","name":"SparkFun 9DoF Sensor Stick","description":"
The SparkFun 9DoF Sensor Stick is an easy-to-use 9 Degrees of Freedom IMU. The Sensor Stick deftly utilizes the LSM9DS1 motion-sensing system-in-a-chip, the same IC used in the SparkFun 9DoF IMU Breakout<\/a>. It houses a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and 3-axis magnetometer \u2013 nine degrees of freedom (9DoF) in a single IC!<\/p>\n\n The onboard LSM9DS1 from STMicroelectronics is equipped with a digital interface, but even that is flexible. The biggest difference between the two boards, besides the slimmed down 0.9\"x0.4\" footprint, is the number of broken-out pins, with the Sensor Stick featuring only four for quick setup and ease of use.<\/p>\n\n The LSM9DS1 is one of only a handful of ICs that can measure three key properties of movement \u2013 angular velocity, acceleration and heading \u2013 in a single IC. By measuring these three properties, you can gain a great deal of knowledge about an object\u2019s movement and orientation. The LSM9DS1 measures each of these movement properties in three dimensions. That means it produces nine pieces of data: acceleration in x\/y\/z, angular rotation in x\/y\/z, and magnetic force in x\/y\/z.<\/p>\n\n Each sensor in the LSM9DS1 supports a wide spectrum of ranges: the accelerometer\u2019s scale can be set to \u00b1 2, 4, 8, or 16g, the gyroscope supports \u00b1 245, 500, and 2000\u00b0\/s, and the magnetometer has full-scale ranges of \u00b1 4, 8, 12, or 16 gauss.<\/p>\n\n