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MPU-6050 Gyroscope + Accelerometer (GY-521)

Sensor

6-axis motion sensor that combines a 3-axis gyroscope and a 3-axis accelerometer on one chip and talks over I2C. Its built-in digital motion processor (DMP) can work out orientation; used in balancing robot and tilt meter projects.

Specifications

Chip

InvenSense MPU-6050

Supply voltage

3 - 5V DC (on-board regulator)

Communication

I2C (address 0x68, 0x69 when AD0 is HIGH)

Gyroscope range

±250 / 500 / 1000 / 2000 °/s

Accelerometer range

±2 / 4 / 8 / 16 g

ADC resolution

16 bit

Built-in temperature sensor

Yes

Pins

VCC, GND, SCL, SDA, XDA, XCL, AD0, INT

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Projects with this part

• Digital Spirit LevelIntermediate45 minA project that turns the breadboard itself into a spirit level: the MPU6050's accelerometer measures which way gravity pulls, and the Arduino works out the tilt on two axes in degrees. On the left of the OLED a bubble runs to the high side like in a real spirit level, and on the right the X and Y tilt are written; once both are under half a degree the screen says "LEVEL" and the buzzer gives two short beeps. It teaches using a sensor without a library by reading its registers directly, working out an angle from gravity (atan2), smoothing a jittery reading, and putting two I2C modules on one line. Install "Adafruit SSD1306" and "Adafruit GFX" from the Library Manager.Open project