Hi, does anyone knows what's the difference between sample rate and output rate stated in page 12 of this document: https://invensense.tdk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/MPU-6000-Register-Map1.pdf
They used those terms to explain something, they could have given them different names.
From what I understand (I might be wrong):
The gyro sensor hardware seems to run at 8kHz or 1kHz. It might have to do with the way the MEMS sensor is constructed. Let's call that: "the bare hardware sensor speed".
In the sensor that is divided by a certain amount. That amount can be set in a register. I don't know if averaging is used. Let's call the resulting speed of data: "data rate after division".
Datasheet "output rate" = "the bare hardware sensor speed"
Datasheet "sample rate" = "data rate after division"
Does it make sense ?
The accelerometer and temperature have a normal sample rate. Data is captured and stored at the sample rate. The gyro has something special because it runs internally at 8kHz and they used the term "output rate" for that 8kHz. After reducing that, it becomes a normal sample rate, more in range with the others.
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