This accelerometer has a few nifty features built-in too. It has interrupts for motion in each axis, double-tap detection, and freefall detection. This built-in support means that you can detect each of these types of motion with a single line of code, rather than having to code a whole function yourself. The MSA301 3DoF breakout has an I2C interface and is 3.3V or 5V compatible. Like other Pimoroni breakouts, they've designed it so that you can solder a piece of right-angle header onto it and then pop it straight onto the bottom left 5 pins on your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 6, 9). Features MSA301 3DoF Motion Sensor (datasheet) ±2/±4/±8/±16 g linear acceleration 3.3V or 5V compatible I2C interface (address 0x26) Reverse polarity protection Raspberry Pi-compatible pinout (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9) Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3B+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W Compatible with Arduino Python library Kit includes MSA301 3DoF Motion Sensor Breakout 1x5 male header 1x5 female right angle header Software We've put together a Python library that you can use to read data from your MSA301 3DoF Breakout, and an easy one-line installer to install everything. Our software does not support Raspbian Wheezy. Notes Dimensions: 19x19x3mm
