I've got one of these Sparkfun 9DOF Sensor Sticks and it's pretty awesome.
The only trouble is that my accelerometers Z axis is reporting a constant "511" no matter how I shake the damn thing. The gyros, magnetomer and accelerometer X and Y axis are perfect, it's just that pesky accelerometer Z axis.
I am using the code provided here. IMU9DOF_Logger/IMU9DOF_Logger.ino at master · OpenInstrumentation/IMU9DOF_Logger · GitHub
Am I missing something or do you think the z axis is busted?