Accelerometer Problems - MMA7361L not getting any real data from the device.

joachimpetersen · May 9, 2012, 1:23pm

Hello, I am in bit of a pickle, I need to finish a school project in a few days.

I have bought a Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - MMA7361

I am using an Arduino Uno.

Here is one of the ways I have tried to connect it to the arduino:
zOut to A3
yOut to A4
xOut to A5
GND to GND
VCC to 3.3V

code:

int XPin = 5; // X
int YPin = 4; // Y
int ZPin = 3; // Z
int valX = 0;
int valY = 0;
int valZ = 0;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
valX = analogRead(XPin);
valY = analogRead(YPin);
valZ = analogRead(ZPin);
Serial.print("X-");
Serial.print(valX);
Serial.print(" Y-");
Serial.print(valY);
Serial.print(" Z-");
Serial.print(valZ);
Serial.print("\n");
delay(100);
}

results:

X-774 Y-118 Z-70
X-367 Y-117 Z-69
X-52 Y-113 Z-67
X-114 Y-114 Z-68
X-495 Y-120 Z-72
X-634 Y-125 Z-73
X-289 Y-122 Z-72
X-22 Y-119 Z-70
X-171 Y-121 Z-72
X-544 Y-127 Z-75
X-612 Y-131 Z-76
X-221 Y-127 Z-74
X-7 Y-124 Z-73
X-343 Y-129 Z-76
X-635 Y-136 Z-80
X-455 Y-136 Z-78
X-99 Y-132 Z-76
X-46 Y-131 Z-76
X-520 Y-138 Z-80
X-637 Y-143 Z-82
X-262 Y-140 Z-80
X-14 Y-136 Z-78
X-191 Y-138 Z-80
X-565 Y-145 Z-84
X-607 Y-148 Z-85
X-215 Y-145 Z-82
X-10 Y-142 Z-81
X-257 Y-145 Z-84
X-615 Y-151 Z-88
X-568 Y-154 Z-88
X-164 Y-149 Z-85
X-10 Y-146 Z-84
X-285 Y-151 Z-88
X-638 Y-158 Z-91
X-556 Y-158 Z-90
X-121 Y-153 Z-87
X-8 Y-151 Z-87
X-489 Y-159 Z-93
X-645 Y-164 Z-94
X-403 Y-161 Z-91
X-18 Y-155 Z-88
X-4 Y-157 Z-91
X-873 Y-141 Z-401
X-648 Y-140 Z-74
X-235 Y-132 Z-67
X-0 Y-129 Z-66
X-292 Y-139 Z-75
X-640 Y-145 Z-77
X-645 Y-143 Z-72
X-37 Y-135 Z-68
X-0 Y-136 Z-70
X-639 Y-150 Z-79
X-649 Y-148 Z-75
X-151 Y-140 Z-69
X-0 Y-138 Z-69
X-412 Y-150 Z-78
X-647 Y-155 Z-80
X-584 Y-149 Z-73
X-324 Y-145 Z-69
X-349 Y-149 Z-71
X-360 Y-156 Z-78
X-358 Y-158 Z-79
X-339 Y-153 Z-74
X-328 Y-149 Z-70
X-332 Y-152 Z-72
X-343 Y-159 Z-79
X-829 Y-167 Z-359
X-765 Y-167 Z-285
X-252 Y-160 Z-132
X-0 Y-156 Z-44
X-177 Y-164 Z-244
X-809 Y-175 Z-381
X-838 Y-178 Z-377
X-738 Y-176 Z-255
X-155 Y-170 Z-112
X-0 Y-166 Z-46
X-300 Y-177 Z-224
X-860 Y-187 Z-400
X-507 Y-189 Z-381
X-406 Y-186 Z-234
X-327 Y-182 Z-164
X-100 Y-180 Z-163
X-67 Y-184 Z-166
X-270 Y-193 Z-173
X-506 Y-198 Z-219
X-633 Y-199 Z-340
X-387 Y-194 Z-194
X-57 Y-190 Z-191
X-47 Y-191 Z-193
X-250 Y-199 Z-198
X-507 Y-203 Z-199
X-489 Y-201 Z-195
X-680 Y-199 Z-189
X-292 Y-194 Z-184
X-633 Y-198 Z-184
X-639 Y-206 Z-189
X-644 Y-214 Z-193
X-641 Y-218 Z-194
X-625 Y-217 Z-190
X-607 Y-212 Z-183
X-595 Y-212 Z-180
X-595 Y-215 Z-180
X-600 Y-222 Z-134
X-607 Y-230 Z-190
X-603 Y-234 Z-191
X-587 Y-231 Z-186
X-569 Y-226 Z-210
X-559 Y-225 Z-177
X-560 Y-229 Z-178
X-567 Y-236 Z-183
X-573 Y-243 Z-178
X-567 Y-245 Z-188
X-554 Y-243 Z-330
X-285 Y-213 Z-168
X-41 Y-209 Z-166
X-37 Y-211 Z-168
X-658 Y-222 Z-377
X-682 Y-226 Z-180
X-779 Y-226 Z-326
X-376 Y-219 Z-176
X-491 Y-218 Z-173
X-492 Y-220 Z-172
X-499 Y-226 Z-177
X-506 Y-233 Z-180
X-506 Y-236 Z-465
X-490 Y-231 Z-175
X-473 Y-226 Z-172
X-465 Y-224 Z-169
X-469 Y-228 Z-129
X-478 Y-235 Z-282
X-483 Y-240 Z-189
X-478 Y-241 Z-191
X-464 Y-237 Z-186
X-449 Y-233 Z-164
X-442 Y-232 Z-104
X-445 Y-235 Z-203
X-456 Y-241 Z-343
X-465 Y-247 Z-440
X-462 Y-247 Z-437
X-448 Y-242 Z-296
X-433 Y-236 Z-144
X-427 Y-236 Z-121
X-431 Y-239 Z-231
X-443 Y-246 Z-364
X-452 Y-251 Z-471
X-448 Y-250 Z-446
X-433 Y-244 Z-286
X-418 Y-240 Z-140
X-415 Y-240 Z-139
X-419 Y-243 Z-237
X-433 Y-250 Z-404
X-440 Y-254 Z-476
X-434 Y-252 Z-420
X-419 Y-247 Z-259
X-406 Y-242 Z-125
X-402 Y-243 Z-145
X-410 Y-248 Z-271
X-423 Y-254 Z-404
X-424 Y-256 Z-262
X-414 Y-253 Z-176
X-397 Y-248 Z-236
X-36 Y-241 Z-131
X-45 Y-241 Z-193
X-447 Y-249 Z-392
X-893 Y-258 Z-471
X-849 Y-259 Z-428
X-636 Y-255 Z-269
X-69 Y-247 Z-136
X-32 Y-245 Z-181
X-310 Y-252 Z-376
X-873 Y-262 Z-470
X-870 Y-264 Z-457
X-400 Y-257 Z-301
X-388 Y-253 Z-173
X-384 Y-252 Z-155
X-398 Y-255 Z-244
X-446 Y-262 Z-388
X-900 Y-270 Z-486
X-858 Y-272 Z-440
X-689 Y-267 Z-276
X-64 Y-259 Z-130
X-2 Y-256 Z-148
X-610 Y-269 Z-439
X-880 Y-276 Z-496
X-484 Y-272 Z-413
X-467 Y-266 Z-242
X-13 Y-259 Z-133
X-62 Y-260 Z-219
X-532 Y-270 Z-436
X-910 Y-277 Z-505
X-846 Y-278 Z-438
X-483 Y-271 Z-266
X-471 Y-267 Z-162
X-36 Y-264 Z-161
X-35 Y-267 Z-167
X-673 Y-276 Z-172
X-685 Y-277 Z-170
X-644 Y-273 Z-166
X-132 Y-267 Z-161
X-37 Y-263 Z-161
X-34 Y-267 Z-166
X-648 Y-275 Z-171
X-485 Y-274 Z-170
X-785 Y-273 Z-356
X-468 Y-268 Z-159
X-464 Y-268 Z-159
X-468 Y-272 Z-161
X-477 Y-278 Z-166
X-479 Y-282 Z-169
X-470 Y-280 Z-167
X-452 Y-274 Z-162
X-440 Y-270 Z-158
X-437 Y-270 Z-157
X-444 Y-275 Z-161
X-452 Y-280 Z-165

I have also tried this:
zOut to A3
yOut to A4
xOut to A5
GND to GND
VCC to nothing, but 3.3V is connected to AREF on the arduino

code:

#define X_PIN	 5			 // X Axis input (analog pin #)
#define Y_PIN	 4			 // Y Axis input (analog pin #)
#define Z_PIN	 3			 // Z Axis input (analog pin #)

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(115200);

  analogReference(EXTERNAL);		// set if Aref pin wired to 3.3V source

  pinMode(X_PIN, INPUT);
  pinMode(Y_PIN, INPUT);
  pinMode(Z_PIN, INPUT); 

  Serial.println("Test started!");
}


void loop(){
  int x,y,z;
  x =analogRead(X_PIN);
  y =analogRead(Y_PIN);
  z =analogRead(Z_PIN);
  Serial.print(millis()) ;
  Serial.print(", x=");
  Serial.print(x) ;
  Serial.print(", y=");
  Serial.print(y) ;
  Serial.print(", z=");
  Serial.println(z) ;
  delay(500);
}

results:

Test started!
1, x=150, y=75, z=96
503, x=157, y=77, z=99
1005, x=158, y=76, z=99
1508, x=152, y=73, z=97
2011, x=145, y=70, z=95
2513, x=143, y=68, z=94
3016, x=146, y=69, z=96
3519, x=154, y=72, z=99
4022, x=160, y=74, z=102
4525, x=159, y=73, z=102
5027, x=152, y=69, z=99
5530, x=147, y=66, z=97
6033, x=146, y=66, z=97
6536, x=152, y=68, z=100
7038, x=160, y=71, z=103
7541, x=164, y=72, z=105
8044, x=159, y=69, z=102
8547, x=152, y=66, z=100
9050, x=148, y=64, z=98
9552, x=151, y=65, z=100
10055, x=160, y=69, z=104
10558, x=176, y=75, z=110
11061, x=172, y=73, z=109
11565, x=154, y=63, z=99
12067, x=138, y=56, z=92
12570, x=140, y=58, z=95
13073, x=159, y=65, z=103
13576, x=176, y=72, z=109
14078, x=175, y=72, z=109
14582, x=155, y=63, z=100
15085, x=141, y=57, z=95

I noticed it did not respond or change the values when I shaked it so I disconnect everything but the 3.3V that was connect to the AREF and got thses similar results, so it guess this method is not the right one:
results from this was:

71438, x=1023, y=1023, z=1023
71942, x=1023, y=1023, z=1023
72445, x=983, y=928, z=822
72948, x=676, y=573, z=551
73451, x=447, y=385, z=402
73955, x=350, y=333, z=361
74458, x=457, y=454, z=454
74961, x=682, y=631, z=584
75464, x=729, y=631, z=577
75967, x=581, y=480, z=460
76471, x=386, y=338, z=355
76974, x=390, y=374, z=387
77477, x=559, y=537, z=515
77980, x=746, y=664, z=603
78483, x=666, y=562, z=523
78987, x=496, y=414, z=410
79490, x=365, y=336, z=356
79992, x=450, y=435, z=434
80496, x=652, y=609, z=567
80999, x=748, y=651, z=592
81503, x=596, y=499, z=477
82006, x=424, y=363, z=373
82508, x=374, y=357, z=373
83012, x=541, y=519, z=499
83515, x=724, y=658, z=602
84019, x=701, y=595, z=549
84521, x=510, y=427, z=422
85024, x=379, y=342, z=359
85528, x=428, y=416, z=420
86031, x=641, y=601, z=560
86534, x=744, y=654, z=596
87037, x=622, y=522, z=494
87540, x=440, y=375, z=383
88044, x=378, y=358, z=374
88547, x=531, y=508, z=490

Can any body tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you very much.
Best regards:
Joachim Petersen

johnwasser · May 9, 2012, 4:41pm

Have you tried a HIGH signal on the SLeeP pin to make sure the device is out of SLEEP mode?

joachimpetersen · May 9, 2012, 5:14pm

I actually have, but here is when I try it.

code:

 int x_avg[10];
 int y_avg[10];
 int z_avg[10];

 int x_axis = 0;
 int y_axis = 0;
 int z_axis = 0;

 int slp_pin = 5;
 int i;

 void setup()
 {
   Serial.begin(9600);
   analogReference(EXTERNAL);
 }

 void loop()
 {
   digitalWrite(slp_pin, HIGH);
  
   for (i=0; i<10; i=i+1)
   {
     x_avg[i] = analogRead(5);
     y_avg[i] = analogRead(4);
     z_avg[i] = analogRead(3);
   }
  
   for (i=0; i<10; i=i+1)
   {
     if (i == 0)
     {
       x_axis = x_avg[i];
       y_axis = y_avg[i];
       z_axis = z_avg[i];
     }
     else
     {
       x_axis = x_axis + x_avg[i];
       y_axis = y_axis + y_avg[i];
       z_axis = z_axis + z_avg[i];
     }
   }
    
   Serial.print("x-axis");
   Serial.print("\t");  
   Serial.println(x_axis/10);

   Serial.print("y-axis");
   Serial.print("\t");  
   Serial.println(y_axis/10);
  
   Serial.print("z-axis");
   Serial.print("\t");  
   Serial.println(z_axis/10);

   Serial.println("");  
   delay(1000);
 }

results:

x-axis	47
y-axis	32
z-axis	100

x-axis	46
y-axis	33
z-axis	99

x-axis	43
y-axis	31
z-axis	84

x-axis	43
y-axis	31
z-axis	70

x-axis	40
y-axis	30
z-axis	55

x-axis	39
y-axis	30
z-axis	44

x-axis	32
y-axis	27
z-axis	18

x-axis	35
y-axis	29
z-axis	32

x-axis	38
y-axis	44
z-axis	37

x-axis	44
y-axis	48
z-axis	47

x-axis	56
y-axis	48
z-axis	83

x-axis	65
y-axis	48
z-axis	101

x-axis	63
y-axis	46
z-axis	96

x-axis	54
y-axis	23
z-axis	81

x-axis	72
y-axis	40
z-axis	111

x-axis	74
y-axis	43
z-axis	141

x-axis	73
y-axis	47
z-axis	143

x-axis	71
y-axis	56
z-axis	53

x-axis	86
y-axis	62
z-axis	150

x-axis	382
y-axis	509
z-axis	94

x-axis	443
y-axis	89
z-axis	70

x-axis	59
y-axis	55
z-axis	64

x-axis	53
y-axis	51
z-axis	62

x-axis	48
y-axis	48
z-axis	59

x-axis	45
y-axis	46
z-axis	57

x-axis	42
y-axis	44
z-axis	55

x-axis	41
y-axis	43
z-axis	54

when I move the accelerometer it does not give any big change in the output.

MarkT · May 9, 2012, 10:36pm

You MUST connect Arduino ground to device ground.
You MUST connect Arduino 3.3V to device Vcc
You MUST connect 3.3V to the Sleep input to prevent sleep-mode
You MUST connect ST (self test) to ground ( I think ) to prevent self-test mode
You MUST connect GSEL to either ground or 3.3V to select the range you want.

Always connect a suitable logic value to all unused inputs unless the datasheet says they have internal pull-ups or pull-downs - this is a rule of using CMOS logic - no floating control inputs.

If you connect 3.3V to Arduino's AREF pin you MUST call "analogReference (EXTERNAL);" in your setup before any calls to
analogRead().

vip1992 · February 27, 2016, 9:12am

hello friends
i have just bought mma7455 sensor but i am basicaly a mechanical engg so dont know about the pins of accelerometer.
could any one please help me for the program of this sensor.???

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