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Meadow.Foundation.Sensors.Motion.Adxl345

Adxl345
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The ADXL345 is a small, low power, triple axis acceleration sensor capable of measuring up to +/-16g with a resolution of 13-bits.

The ADXL345 is controlled via I2C.

The ADXL345 can operating in interrupt and polling mode. Polling applications are responsible for determining when a sensor is read. Interrupt applications will be notified when the sensor reading changes by + / - a threshold value.

Code Example​

Adxl345 sensor;

public MeadowApp()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Initializing");

    sensor = new Adxl345(Device.CreateI2cBus());
    sensor.SetPowerState(false, false, true, false, Adxl345.Frequencies.TwoHz);

    // classical .NET events can also be used:
    sensor.Updated += (sender, result) =>
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Accel: [X:{result.New.X.MetersPerSecondSquared:N2}," +
            $"Y:{result.New.Y.MetersPerSecondSquared:N2}," +
            $"Z:{result.New.Z.MetersPerSecondSquared:N2} (m/s^2)]");
    };

    //==== one-off read
    ReadConditions().Wait();

    // start updating
    sensor.StartUpdating(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
}

protected async Task ReadConditions()
{
    var result = await sensor.Read();
    Console.WriteLine("Initial Readings:");
    Console.WriteLine($"Accel: [X:{result.X.MetersPerSecondSquared:N2}," +
        $"Y:{result.Y.MetersPerSecondSquared:N2}," +
        $"Z:{result.Z.MetersPerSecondSquared:N2} (m/s^2)]");
}

Sample project(s) available on GitHub

Wiring Example​