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Hi,

I've recently purchased this device:

 
And would like to ask help to connect it to Arduino.
Would be nice if somebody could guide me in the right direction.

Thanks.

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It's a typical I2C wiring; here's a similar example. You will still need to chase down the software libraries to interface with each of your specific sensors.

Some tutorials will show a level shifter, but you do not need a level shifter with this board as it already has one.

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Thanks for link.
Looks like it explains it better than any I found.

[Reply #3 on:]

Here's photo of my Arduino and Sensors.


So hopefully I didn't mess with power!?

According to this now I have to choose to connect other things to analog or digital pins.
Still need to figure out what are they.
I would appreciate any help.

[Reply #4 on:]

Yours follows the "classic" (as Adafruit describes it) wiring. SDA to analog pin 4 and SCL to analog pin 5.

[Reply #5 on:]

Thanks,

That's only for Gyro?

[Reply #6 on:]

That's for all three chips; no more wiring needed. I2C devices have a built-in address that your code (or more specifically the library to interface with the chips) will report when it's communicating with a specific chip.

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Right about to test magnetometer  with this tutorial - https://www.loveelectronics.co.uk/Tutorials/8/hmc5883l-tutorial-and-arduino-library

Do I need any resistors between SDA and VCC, and SCL and VCC?

[Reply #8 on:]

Got it working:

Code:

Setting scale to +/- 1.3 Ga
Entered scale was not valid, valid gauss values are: 0.88, 1.3, 1.9, 2.5, 4.0, 4.7, 5.6, 8.1
Setting measurement mode to continuous.
Entered scale was not valid, valid gauss values are: 0.88, 1.3, 1.9, 2.5, 4.0, 4.7, 5.6, 8.1
Raw: -93   -68   482   Scaled: -85.56   -62.56   443.44   Heading: 3.77 Radians   216.17 Degrees  
Raw: -93   -69   477   Scaled: -85.56   -63.48   438.84   Heading: 3.78 Radians   216.57 Degrees  
Raw: -94   -68   483   Scaled: -86.48   -62.56   444.36   Heading: 3.77 Radians   215.88 Degrees  

Chagrin thank you very much for help. That's a good start for me.
Understood all logic, so should be able to get data from all sensors and use it in my app.

P.S. hopefully I didn't need any resistors, as I was running it without them.

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That message about being invalid,  always seems to occur.

[Reply #10 on:]

I think that might happen due to connection/disconnection of sensor.
I was holding everything in hands - so few times sensor disconnected and shown following error few times through log.

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Hello, i bought that same module
can you put your code on the forum?
i dont understand how to adress the chip from the links given on this page
do you have any datasheet ?
thx

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Hi,

Sorry for delay, didn't see message updates.

Following code works with compass:
(it was copied from somewhere on internet,
don't remember the author)

Code:

#include <Wire.h>
#include <HMC5883L.h>

HMC5883L compass;

void setup()
{
  Wire.begin();
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("Serial started.");
 
  compass = HMC5883L();
 
  Serial.println("Setting scale to +/- 1.3 Ga");
  int error = compass.SetScale(1.3); // Set the scale of the compass.
  if(error != 0) // If there is an error, print it out.
    Serial.println(compass.GetErrorText(error));

  Serial.println("Setting measurement mode to continuous.");
  error = compass.SetMeasurementMode(Measurement_Continuous); // Set the measurement mode to Continuous
  if(error != 0) // If there is an error, print it out.
    Serial.println(compass.GetErrorText(error));
}

void loop()
{
   // Retrive the raw values from the compass (not scaled).
  MagnetometerRaw raw = compass.ReadRawAxis();
  // Retrived the scaled values from the compass (scaled to the configured scale).
  MagnetometerScaled scaled = compass.ReadScaledAxis();
 
  // Calculate heading when the magnetometer is level, then correct for signs of axis.
  float heading = atan2(raw.YAxis, raw.XAxis);
   
  // Correct for when signs are reversed.
  if(heading < 0)
    heading += 2*PI;
   
  // Convert radians to degrees for readability.
  float headingDegrees = heading * 180/M_PI;

  // Output the data via the serial port.
  Output(raw, scaled, heading, headingDegrees);
}

void Output(MagnetometerRaw raw, MagnetometerScaled scaled, float heading, float headingDegrees)
{
   Serial.print("Raw:\t");
   Serial.print(raw.XAxis);
   Serial.print("   ");   
   Serial.print(raw.YAxis);
   Serial.print("   ");   
   Serial.print(raw.ZAxis);
   Serial.print("   \tScaled:\t");
   
   Serial.print(scaled.XAxis);
   Serial.print("   ");   
   Serial.print(scaled.YAxis);
   Serial.print("   ");   
   Serial.print(scaled.ZAxis);

   Serial.print("   \tHeading:\t");
   Serial.print(heading);
   Serial.print(" Radians   \t");
   Serial.print(headingDegrees);
   Serial.println(" Degrees   \t");
}