The GY-521 module is a breakout board for InvenSense’s MPU-6050 6-Axis IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit). The MPU-6050 combines a 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyroscope in a single tiny chip and provides 16-Bits of resolution for each of the 6 axes. Other features include an embedded digital output temperature sensor, user programmable full scale range for both the accelerometer and gyroscope, an on-chip 1024-Byte FIFO buffer, extremely low power consumption and auxiliary I2C pins for reading data from external sensors (An external magnetometer for example).
Features / Specs
- Model: GY-521
- Sensor: InvenSense MPU-6050
- Operating Voltage: 3 – 5VDC
- Comms Interface: I2C (Up to 400kHz)
- Accelerometer Range: ±2g, ±4g, ±8g, ±16g
- Gyroscope Range: ±250, ±500, ±1000, ±2000 °/s (dps)
- High quality Immersion Gold PCB
- Standard 2.54mm Header Pin Pitch
Pin Description
- VCC-> Supply Voltage (3 – 5VDC)
- GND-> Ground
- SCL-> I2C Serial Clock
- SDA-> I2C Serial Data
- XCL-> I2C Serial Clock for External Sensor Connection
- XDA-> I2C Serial Data for External Sensor Connection
- AD0-> I2C Slave Address LSB
- INT-> Interrupt Digital Output (Totem Pole or Open-Drain)